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MAVERICK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 




REV. AMOS AUGUSTUS PHELPS. 



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WAR DEPARTM^r^T 




Rev. Amos Augustus Phelps, born in Farmington. Conn., 
in 1805. Graduated at Yale College in 1826 and at the 
Divinity School there in 1830. \\'as Pastor of Congregational 
churches in Hopkinton and Boston. Mass.. 183 1 — 1834. Be- 
came agent for the Mass. Anti-Slavery Society at the latter 
date and was Pastor of the Free Church and subsequently of 
Maverick Church. East Boston, from March 2. 1842. to June 
2, 1845. At the same time was connected with the City Mis- 
sionary Society. Was Secretary of the American Anti-Slav- 
ery Society for some years. He published " Lectures on 
Slavery and its Remedies."" 1834: "Book of the Sabbath." 
1841 : '"Letters to Dr. Bacon and Dr. Stowe."" 1842 : and nu- 
merous pamphlets on Slavery. Deceased. July 27. 1847. 




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Rev. William W. Newell, D. D., bom Sept. 17, 1807, in 
So. Natick, Mass. Graduated at Yale College, 1830. Ordained 
July 15, 1833. Pastor of Congregational Church in Brighton, 
Mass., from 1834 to 1837 ; Maverick Church, East Boston, 
from July 19, 1837, ^^ J^^^y 21, 1841 ; Presbyterian Church, 
Montgomery, N. Y., 1842 to 1847 ; Syracuse, N. Y., 1849 to 
i860; Allen St. Presbyterian Church, New York City, i860 
to 1877. Without charge on account of ill health in New 
York 1877 to 1883. Died at Pepperell, Mass., May 11, 1891, 
at 84. Degree of D. D. conferred by Hamilton College 
in 1859. 

Rev. Joel S. Bingham, D. D., born in Cornwall, Vt., Oct. 
16, 18 15. Educated at the University of Vermont and or- 
dained in 1846. Pastor at Westfield, Mass. Pastor at Mav- 
erick Church from March 10, 1863, to Sept. 6, 1870. From 
thence was settled as Pastor of Congregational Church, 
Dubuque. Iowa, and from thence to Traer, Iowa. Deceased 
in Dubuque, Iowa, July 28, 1894. 

Rev. Rufus W. Clark, D. D., born in Newburyport, Mass., 
Dec. 17, 18 13. Graduated at Yale College, 1838, and a 
member of Yale Theological Seminary one year. Was Pas- 
tor of Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C, in 1842 ; 
Maverick Church, East Boston, from Dec. 3, 185 1, to April 
8, 1857 ; South Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
April 14, 1857, to Nov., 1862; First Reformed Dutch Church, 
Albany, N Y.. Dec. 10, 1862, to 1883, at his death. Pub- 
lished Question books issued by Mass. S. S. Society and 
many other works of interest, besides contributing to maga- 
zines and newspapers. Died in Nantucket, Mass , Aug., 
1886, aged 72 years. 

Rev. Thomas N. Haskell, born Jan. 20, 1826 at Mina, 
N. Y. Attended Mina University 185 1. Union Theological 
Seminary 1854. Ordained Feb. 7, 1855. Pastor Western 
Presbyterian Church, Washington. D. C, 1854 to 1858 ; 
Maverick Church, East Boston, Mass., June 24, 1858, to 
March 5, 1862; Presbyterian Church, East Boston, 1862 to 
1867. Professor Madison University, Wis., 1867 and 1868. 
New England Congregational Church, Aurora, III, 1868 to 
1873. Financial agent Colorado College 1874 and 1875. 
\^'ithout church in Denver. Col.. 1876. 




REV. JOHN H. BARROWS. REV. JUSTIN E. TWITCHELL. REV. JOHN V. HILTON. 



Rev. John V. Hilton, born in Andes, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1838. 
Graduated from Kenyon College in 1859. Was called to the 
Maverick Church, East Boston, from church in Kalamazoo, 
Mich., April 28, 1873, and was acting pastor to April, 1880. 
Afterwards had a pastorate in Denver, Colorado. 

Rev. John H. Barrows, D. D., born in Medina, Mich., 
July Ti, 1847. Graduated at Olivet College, 1867; at Yale 
Theological Seminary, 1867 and 1868; Union Theological 
Seminary, 1868 and 1869. Acting Pastor, Springfield, 111. 
1872 to 1875. Ordained April 29, 1875. Pastor Eliot 
Church, Lawrence, Mass., 1875 to 1880; Maverick Church, 
East Boston, Mass., 1880 and 188 1. First Presbyterian 
Church, Chicago, 111., 1882, where he is now settled. Was 
the great moving force of the Parliament of Religions of the 
World at the World's Exposition in 1893 and published re- 
ports of its proceedings which will be a marked event of his 
life. 

Rev. Justin E. Twitchell, D. D., born in Sherborn, Mass., 
Jan. 20, 1835. Fitted for college at Kimball Union Acade- 
my, Meriden, N. H. Was Supt. of Public Schools at Xenia, 
Ohio, 1858 to 1861. Ordained at Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 28, 
1862, and Pastor of First Presbyterian Church from that 
time to 1866. Was Chaplain 131st Ohio Vols, in 1863. Pas- 
tor of church in Mansfield, Ohio, 1866 to 1870. Pastor of 
EucUd Av. Church at Cleveland, Ohio, 1870 to 1882 ; 
Maverick Church from Oct. 7, 1882, to May 15, 1885; and 
from thence to the Dwight Place Church, New Haven, 
Conn., where he is now settled. 




REV. DANIEL W. WALDRON. 




Rev. Daniel W. Waldron, born in Augusta, Me., Nov. ii, 
1840. Graduated Bowdoin College 1862. Acting Pastor, 
South Braintree, Mass., 1865 and 1866. Ordained April, 
1867. Acting Pastor at East We}anouth, Mass., 1866 and 
1867, and Pastor 1867 to 1871. Acting Pastor, Maverick 
Church, East Boston, April 10, 187 1, to Nov. 18, 1872. 
Since which time has been connected with the City Mission- 
ary Society of Boston. 




REV. ROBERT STEVENS HITCHCOCK. 



Rev. Robert Stevens Hitchcock, born in Newport, R, I. 
Jan. 19, 18 18. Graduated Amherst College, 1837. Ordained 
July 19, 1843. Pastor North Church, New Bedford, Mass., 
1843 to 1846. Pastor Maverick Church, East Boston, Mass., 
from Nov. 18, 1846, to Nov. 6, 1850. Pastor 5th Presbyte- 
rian Church, Baltimore, Md., 1854 to 1858. Teacher, 
Frankfort, Ky., 1865 to 1869; Lexington, Ky., 1870 to 1876: 
Danville, Ky., 1877. Prof. Latin at Centre College, Dan- 
ville, Ky., to 1 88 1, and with his wife conducted the Halli- 
daysburg, Pa., Seminary for young ladies, one of the best 
female seminaries in the state. Received the degree of D. D. 
from Granville and Tusculum College in 1881. Deceased 
in 1881. 




REV. ELIJAH HORR, D.D. 



Rev. Elijah Horr, D. D., was born in Carthage, N. Y., 
April 20, 1841. Is an Alumni of Hamilton College, N. Y. 
Graduated from the Theological Department of Boston 
University and was ordained in 1864. Was a Pastor in the 
Methodist Church until 1886. Has had pastorates in Ilion, 
Syracuse, Auburn, Oswego and Cortland in New York; in 
Chelsea, East Boston, and Worcester, Mass. Settled over 
Maverick Church from 1886 to 1893. Settled in Worcester 
in 1893. He adds, "By the Grace of God I am what I am." 




REV. SMITH BAKER, 0. 



Rev. Smith Baker, D. D., was born in Bowdoin, Me., Feb. 
i8, 1836; a son of Dea. Smith Baker (and descendant of 
Francis Baker who settled in Yarmouth, Mass., in 1635.) 
Graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in i860 and 
ordained in that year. Was settled at Orono, Me., till 
1870; then over the First Congregational Church in Lowell, 
Mass., till 1889 ; then over the Park Avenue Congregational 
Church in Minneapolis, Minn., to Nov., 1893, when he was 
installed over the Maverick Church in East Boston, Mass. 




No. I. First Maverick Church Edifice, erected 1837. cor. of Maverick and Havre Sts. 

No. 2. Second Maverick Church Edifice, erected 1844, cor. Sumner St. and Maverick Sq. 

No. 3. Maverick Church Parsonajje, 57 Trenton St. 

No. 4. Maverick Church Chapel, Bennington St. 



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CONDENSED HISTORY 



]VIA.NUAL 



MAVERICK CONGREGATIONAL 

CHURCH, 

EAST BOSTON, MASS., 



FROM ITS ORGANIZATION. 



May 3 1 ST, 1836, 

TO 

June 30TH, 1894. 



published by 

Maverick Congregational Church. 

1804. 



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Views of the several churches and pictures of the Pastors. 

Preface -------- 5 

Early History of the Church and the Installations of the sev- 
eral Pastors .-.-.. y 

Government Principles and Standing Rules as printed in the 

Manual of 1862 ...... j-j 

Records of Action of the Church in Relation to the Revision 

of the Articles of Faith and Covenant, and By-Laws 18 

Present Articles of Faith and Covenant and By-Laws - 28 

Officers chosen at Annual Meeting and Important Actions of 

Interest ------- ^6 

A condensed History of the Sabbath School from its Organ- 
ization ....... ^(f 

Superintendents of the Sabbath School - - 65 

A condensed History of the Maverick Maternal Association 66 

Pastors - - - - - - - . - 70 

Deacons .--_... yi 

Deaconnesses - - - - - - - 71 

Clerks of the Church - - - - - 72 

Officers of the Church and Organizations for year 1894 - 73 

Mission Work on the Fourth Section and Work of the Mav- 
erick Church Chapel - - - - - 81 

Acting Pastors of the Maverick Church Chapel, and Officers 

of Organizations for 1894 ----- 87 

The Relation of this Church to the Woman's Board of 

Missions ------- 91 

Maverick Congregational Society, its Acts of Incorporation 97 

Officers of Maverick Congregational Society for year 1894 108 

Representatives of Church and Sabbath School in the War 

of the Rebellion 1861 — 1865 - - - - 109 



4 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

A verbatim report of the Historical Sermon and Address at 
the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Organization of the 
Church .-----. 127 

Maverick Church Association - . . _ igg 

Historical List of Members ----- 173 

Summary of Admissions and Removals of Members - 210 

Present Members, with their Residences - - - 211 

List of Females admitted on their Maiden Names, and 
since Married .-.--. 222 



PREFACE. 



The undersigned, a Committee of the Maverick Church to pre- 
pare and pubHsh a brief liistory and manual, desire to express the 
many obstacles which have been found in its compilation, — yet feel 
that they have been able to collect together much which will inter- 
est both its past and present members. 

It is possible that some errors may have occurred, especially in 
the long historical list of members from its organization. Should 
any be found, a favor will be conferred on the church to notify any 
member of the Committee. 

The Committee desire to express further their appreciation of the 
aid given in the compilation of portions of this volume. The his- 
torical sketch of the Maverick Maternal Association was written 
by Mrs. H. E. M. Folts before her decease and since supplemented 
by Mrs. George E. James, its present Secretary. 

The early history of the Sabbath School was, as nearly as can be 
ascertained, written by Dea. Joseph Robbins before his death and 
supplemented to the present time by its present Secretary, Mr. 
George I. Colesworthy. 

The interesting account of those of the Church and Congregation 
who went to their Country's defence in the War of the Rebellion 
was written by Dea. J. H. S. Pearson. 

On the occurrence of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization 
of the Church, Mr. Lyman F. Gooch, one of its members, took 
stenographic notes of all the exercises of that occasion except the 
Memorial Sermon and made a type-written copy of the same which 
was placed by him in the keeping of the Chairman of this Commit- 
tee to await such an occasion as this for its publication. The 
Church may be thankful for his labor thus bestowed. The Rev. 
Elijah Horr, D. D., has furnished the Committee with a copy of 
the Historical Sermon delivered at its fiftieth anniversary. 

These two contributions the Committee feel are invaluable as 
matters of history to the church. 

William B. Lovejoy, 
Frederick W. Brown, 
Louisa H. Fogg, 
Belle A. Ensworth, 
Emma Knowles, 

Committee of the Church. 



Thou Shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God hath led thee. 



•isfcrti of il]e Cljurcl^. 



The great increase of population in the city of Boston led 
to the settlement of the island now called East Boston, in 
the year 1834. The population increased rapidly, and many 
individuals soon became impressed with the importance of 
erecting a meeting-house, that a church might be formed, 
and the inhabitants enjoy the preaching of the gospel. 

In the spring of 1836, it was thought that a favorable 
time for the effort had arrived. A number of persons, 
members of different churches, held a meeting on Thurs- 
day evening, May 5, 1836, at the house of Mr. Aaron 
Ordway, to consult together upon the subject. 

After prayer and deliberation, it was resolved that it was 
expedient to proceed to form a church, and a committee was 
appointed to notify the ministers in the city of the doings of 
the meeting, and to ask their advice and cooperation in 
further proceedings. 

On the 12th of May, letters missive were issued, calling a 
council to organize a church, and a committee was chosen 
to converse with those persons who might offer themselves 
for admission, in relation to their Christian experience and 
hope. 

On Tuesday, the 31st of May, a council was convened at 
the house of Mr. Ordway, consisting of the Pastors and 
Delegates of ^the Second Church in Dorchester, Phillips 
Church in South Boston, Bowdoin, Salem, Union, and 
Franklin-street Churches in Boston. After deliberation by 
council, four male and six female professors of religion were 
organized into a church, under the name of the First Con- 
gregational Church in East Boston; the council assigned the 
sources of organization as follows : 



S HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. 

1. Reading the minutes by the Scribe. 

2. Introductory Prayer, Rev. J. H. Fairchild. 

3. Organization of the Church, Rev. John Codman, D.D. 

4. Fellowship of the Church, Rev. N. Adams, 

5. Address to the Church, Rev. H. Winslow. 

6. Concluding Prayer, Rev. G. W. Blagden. 

And on the same day the church adopted a Confession of 
Faith and Covenant. 

The church having no place in which to worship or to 
convene a Sabbath school, the male members resolved to 
build a vestry for that purpose, which was completed in one 
month ; and on the first Sabbath in July, there was preach- 
ing in it, and a Sabbath school was organized. 

Soon after this, the brethren commenced obtaining sub- 
scribers to the stock to build a meeting-house, which was 
accomplished late in the Autumn, and in December the work 
of building commenced. The house was completed about 
the middle of July, 1837. On the 19th of that month, it 
was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God, and the 
Rev. Wm. W. Newell was installed Pastor of the church. 
The Introductory and Dedicatory Prayer was offered by 
Rev. G. W. Blagden ; Sermon by Rev. Hubbard Winslow ; 
Installing Prayer by Rev. Wm. M. Rogers; Charge by Rev. 
Dr. W. Fay ; Fellowship of Churches by Rev. Mr. Fitch. 

On the 7th July, 1837, it was voted that the name of the 
church be altered, and that it be called hereafter Maverick 
Church. 

At the session of the Legislature in 1838, an Act of In- 
corporation was obtained, under which a society was organ- 
ized, by the name of the Maverick Congregational Society, 
consisting of the owners of shares in the meeting-house, 
which society assumes the support of public worship, and 
has a negative upon the church in the selection of a minis- 
ter. 

Rev. W. W. Newell, having requested a dismission on ac- 
count of ill health, was dismissed, by advice of ccuncil, 
July 2ist, 1841. 



HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. 9 

On the 2d of March, 1842, Rev. Amos A. Phelps was in- 
stalled as Pastor. Introductory Prayer, Rev. W. S. Budding- 
ton. Rev. N. Adams, D. D., of the Union Church, preached 
the Sermon; Rev. G. W. Blagden offered the Installing 
Prayer; Rev. Wm. M. Rogers gave the Charge; Rev. J. H. 
Towne, the Fellowship of the Churches ; Concluding Prayer, 
Rev. Isaac P. Langworthy ; Benediction, Pastor. 

Rev. Mr. A. A. Phelps, having requested a dismission, was, 
by advice of council, dismissed June 2d, 1845. 

On the 1 8th of November, 1846, Rev. Robert S. Hitch- 
cock was installed as Pastor. Rev. R. D. Hitchcock read 
the Scriptures. Prayer by Rev. I. P. Langworthy; Sermon 
by Rev. Wm. M. Rogers ; Installing Prayer by Rev. D. M. 
Lord; Charge to the Pastor, Rev. Calvin Hitchcock, D. D.; 
Right Hand of Fellowship, Rev. Edward Beecher, D. D.; 
Address to the People, Rev. E. N. Kirk ; Concluding Prayer, 
Rev. J. W. Alvord. 

Rev. Mr. Hitchcock was, at his own request, dismissed 
November 6, 1850. 

Rev. Rufus W. Clark, formerly of Portsmouth, N. H., was 
next installed, Dec. 3, 185 1. Invocation by Rev. J. W. Al- 
vord ; Prayer by Rev. Edward Beecher, D. D.; Sermon by 
Rev. J. W. Chickering; Installing Prayer, Rev. G. W, Blag- 
den ; Charge to the Pastor, Rev. E. N. Kirk ; Right Hand 
of Fellowship, Rev. H. M. Dexter; Address to the People, 
Rev. Hubbard Winslow; Benediction by the Pastor. 

Rev. Mr. Clark was, at his own request, dismissed April 
8, 1857. 

p.ev. Thomas N. Haskell, formerly of Washington, D. C, 
was next installed, June 24, 1858. Invocation by Rev. G. 
W. Field ; Prayer by Rev. J. B. Miles ; Sermon by Professor 
Austin Phelps ; Installing Prayer by Rev. J. Perkins; Charge 
to the Pastor by Rev. E. N. Kirk, D. D.; Right Hand of 
Fellowship by Rev. Jonathan Edwards ; Address to the Peo- 
ple by Rev. R. W. Clark, D. D. 

March 5th, 1862, Rev. T. N. Haskell was, at his own re- 
quest, dismissed Pastor of Maverick Church. 



10 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. 

Rev. Joel S. Bingham, late of Westfield, Mass., was next 
installed, Mar. lo, 1863. Introductory prayer and reading 
of Scripture by Rev. David Terry of Springfield St. Church, 
Boston; Sermon by Rev. Leonard Swain, D. D , of Provi- 
dence, R. I. ; Prayer of Installation by Rev E. B. Webb, D. 
D, of Shawmut Church, Boston ; Right Hand of Fellowship, 
by Rev. A. H. Plumb, D. D., of Winnisimmet Church, 
Chelsea, Mass. ; Address to the People, by Rev. Rufus W. 
Clark, D. D., of the North Dutch Church of Albany, N. Y.; 
Benediction by the Pastor. 

Rev. Joel S. Bingham, D. D., at his own request, was dis- 
missed Sept. 6, 1870. 

Rev. D. W. Waldron was called to the Pastorate of the 
Maverick Church, April 10, 187 1, and continued as acting 
Pastor to Nov. 18, 1872, when he declined to accept the call. 

Rev. J. V. Hilton, late of Kalamazoo, Mich., was next 
called to the pastorate, April 28, 1873. 

At his own request he was dismissed April i, 1880. Was 
not called or dismissed by an Ecclesiastical Council called 
for these purposes. 

Rev. John H. Barrows, late of Lawrence, Mass., was next 
installed, Dec. i, 1880, 

1. Reading the Minutes of Council. 

2. Introductory prayer by Rev. A. H. Plumb, D. D. 

3. Reading Scriptures by Rev. D. W. Waldron of Boston. 

4. Sermon by Rev. Alex. McKenzie, D. D., of Cambridge, 
Mass. 

5. Prayer of Installation by Rev. A. H. Plumb, D. D., of 
Walnut Ave. Church, Boston Highlands. 

6. Charge to the Pastor by Rev. A. J. Tittsworth, First 
Church, Chelsea. 

7. Right Hand of Fellowship by Rev. S. E. Herrick, D. 
D., Mt. Vernon Church, Boston. 

8. Charge to the People by Rev. J. S. Withrow, Park St. 
Church, Boston. 

9. Benediction by the Pastor. 



HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. 11 

At his own request Rev. J. H. Barrows, D. D., was dis- 
missed Sept. 28, 188 1. 

Oct. 7, 1882, Rev. J. E. Twitchell, D. D., late of Cleveland, 
Ohio, accepts the call of the Maverick Church and Society. 

May 15, 1885, Rev. J. E. Twitchell, D. D., at his own re- 
quest, was dismissed. He was not settled or dismissed by 
an Ecclesiastical Council called for these purposes. 

April 22, 1886, Rev. Elijah Horr, D. D., late of Chelsea. 
Mass., was installed as the next Pastor. The exercises were 
as follows : 

1. Reading of Records of Council. 

2. Invocation and Reading of Scripture, A. H. Plumb, 
D. D. 

3. Sermon by Rev. R. R. Meredith, D. D. 

4. Prayer of Installation, Rev. I. P. Langworthy, D. D., 
of Chelsea. 

5. Charge to Pastor, Rev. S. E. Herrick, D. D. 

6. Right Hand of Fellowship, Rev. H. P. Nason. 

7. Charge to the People, Rev. J. E. Twitchell, D. D. 

8. Address of Welcome, Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D. D. 

9. Prayer, Rev. D. W. Waldron. 
Lo. Benediction by Pastor. 

June 19, 1893, Rev. Elijah Horr, D. D., at his own request, 
was dismissed as pastor. 

December 7, 1893, Rev. Smith Baker, D. D., late of Min- 
neapolis, Minn., was installed as Pastor. Exercises were as 
follows : 

Reading minutes of the Council by the Scribe. 

Introductory Prayer, Rev. W. E. Barton, Shawmut Church, 
Boston. 

Reading of Scriptures, Rev. Lawrence Phelps, First 
Church, Chelsea. 

Sermon, Rev. Edward L. Clark, D. D., Central Church, 
Boston. 

Installing Prayer, Rev. J. M. Green, D. D., of Lowell, Mass. 



12 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. 

Charge to the Pastor, Rev. I. J. Lansing, D. D., Park St. 
Church, Boston. 

Right Hand of Fellowship, Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D. D., 
Union Church, Boston. 

Welcome to New England, Rev. George E. Lovejoy, of 
Stoneham, Mass. 

Charge to the Pastor, Rev. E. Horr, D. D., of Worcester. 

Benediction by Pastor. 



WHICH THE CHURCH OBSERVED, 

And as published in Church Manual, 1862. 



This church recognizes God alone as Lord of the con- 
science, and his word as the final and authoritative rule of 
judgment, in the administration of government and discip- 
line. 

Believing the Articles of Faith and Covenant hereunto 
annexed to be in accordance with that word, this church 
adopts them. For the same reason, it adopts, for its gov- 
ernment and discipline, the general principles and rules 
which are contained in the Platform of Church Discipline, 
agreed upon by the elders and messengers of the churches, 
assembled at Cambridge, in this State, A. D. 1648, with 
such modifications, since introduced, as are in accordance 
with the Bible, and the general consent and practice of Con- 
gregational churches. It also adopts the following more 
specific principles and rules : — 

THE CHURCH. 

This church is independent, so far as relates to its inter- 
nal organization and the regulation of its affairs. It is 
amenable to no other ecclesiastical body, except by its own 
consent, or according to regular and established Congrega- 
tional principles. With these exceptions, it controls the ad- 
mission, discipline, and removal of its members, according 
to its own understanding of the word of God. 

OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH. 

The officers of this church shall be, the Pastor or Pastors, 
and Deacons, Clerk and Treasurer, and an Examining Com- 
mittee, which shall consist of the Pastor and Deacons, and 



14 GOVERNMENT, PRINCIPLES, AND STANDING RULES. 

any others the church may appoint. The number of Dea- 
cons shall be fixed by the church as its exigencies may from 
time to time require ; and no person shall hold the office 
more than five years without a re-election. 

At every annual meeting there shall be an election of one 
deacon, it being understood that the term of one incumbent 
shall expire annually, according to seniority of appointment. 
The Clerk and Treasurer and Examining Committee shall be 
chosen annually. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

To the Pastor pertains the office of moderator. It shall 
be the duty of the Deacons to preside in the absence of the 
Pastor, in rotation; to assist in the administration of the 
Lord's Supper ; to distribute the charities of the church, 
and to aid the pastor generally in the spiritual care of the 
flock ; and in his absence to provide a supply for the pulpit. 
The Clerk shall keep the records ; shall notify all members 
absent more than a year of their duty to remove their rela- 
tion, and seek from them the reasons of their previous delay 
of it ; and shall report to the church, at its annual meeting, 
the name, residence, and length of absence, so far as they 
can be ascertained, of all absent members. The Treasurer 
shall take charge of all money belonging to the church, and 
pay it out as the church may direct, and make report of the 
same at the annual meeting. The Examining Committee 
shall examine all candidates for admission, and report to the 
church the names of such as they approve. This committee 
shall meet and organize, as soon as may be, after the an- 
nual meeting, by the choice of a clerk, who shall keep a 
record, and report to the church, in writing, the substance of 
the relation given by the candidates. In cases of private or 
personal offence, this committee may also act as a Commit- 
tee of Counsel and Conference between the parties — endeav- 
oring, if possible, to heal the breach, without a resort to dis- 
cipline. 



GOVERNMENT, PEINCIPLES, AND STANDING KULES. 15 

FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER CHURCHES. 

This church will extend to other Evangelical Congrega- 
tional churches, and receive from them that fellowship, ad- 
vice, and assistance, which the law of Christ requires. It 
will extend the usual rights of communion, and practise the 
usual transfer of members, according to its own convictions 
of duty. It holds itself bound to regard the decisions of 
mutual councils, and to seek the promotion of peace with 
all the churches of our Lord. 

ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. 

This church, by its committee, will examine all persons 
wishing to unite with it. All candidates for admission shall 
be propounded to the church and congregation two weeks pre- 
vious to admission. No objection having been made, this 
church will then receive all such candidates, on the concur- 
rence of two-thirds of the members present, when the vote 
is taken, and on their having subscribed to the Articles of 
Faith and Covenant, in a book kept for the purpose. Ad- 
missions by profession shall be made in presence of the 
congregation, on Communion Sabbath, in the afternoon ; 
and notice shall be given of the admission by letter. 

TRANSFER OF MEMBERS. 

This church, on application duly made, will dismiss and 
recommend its members, who are in good standing, to other 
churches. Applications for dismission must be made in writ- 
ing, stating the name of the church to which a recommenda- 
tion is desired. 

RIGHTS OF MEMBERS. 

Every member has a right to church privileges, unless for- 
feited by misconduct ; and when thus forfeited, he can be 
deprived of them only by regular process. No proceedings 
shall be had against a member, except upon a complaint 
made to the church in writing, stating explicitly the charges; 



16 GOVERNMENT, PRINCIPLES, AND STANDING RULES. 

and the accused shall be seasonably furnished with a copy 
of the complaint, and shall have a full hearing. No vote of 
censure shall be passed upon any member, except by the 
concurrence of two-thirds of the brethren present at a regu- 
lar meeting. 

DUTIES OF MEMBERS. 

Some of these are specified in the Covenant. It is the 
duty of members removing from this place, to seek a letter 
of dismission and recommendation to some church where 
they reside. It is also the duty of any member, having 
cause of complaint against another, immediately to seek its 
removal, according to the directions of Christ, in Matt, xviii, 

15-17- 

It is the duty of offending members penitently to confess 
their fault, and to make reparation — the confession and 
reparation being, as far as possible, as public and extensive 
as the fault. Members removing from the city, or attending 
other places of worship in the city, are expected to remove 
their connection from this church to some other church at 
or near where they reside, within one year from the time of 
their removal, unless there are satisfactory reasons for the 
delay, which reasons must be communicated, in writing, 
to the Pastor or Clerk, by such absent members. This 
church also expects, that, in all ordinary cases, members of 
other churches, wishing to commune with it, and to partici- 
pate in other church privileges, for more than one year, will 
seek a dismission from their respective churches, and an ad- 
mission to this. 

OFFENCES. 

Immoral conduct, breach of express covenant vows, ne- 
glect of acknowledged religious or relative duties, and dis- 
belief of the Articles of Faith, are offences subject to the 
discipline and censure of the church. 



GOVERNMENT, PRINCIPLES, AND STANDING RULES. 17 

EVIDENCE. 

The confession of the party accused, the concurrence of 
two competent witnesses to the same fact, or other evidence 
satisfactory to the church, shall be deemed sufficient for 
conviction. 

CENSURES. 

The censures of the church are discipline, in its several 
steps, and excommunication — the latter to be administered 
by the Pastor, on behalf of the church, and in the name of 
Christ, before the congregation. 

STANDING RULES. 

1. The Annual Meeting shall be held on the first Mon- 
day in January, in each year. 

2. All officers shall be chosen by ballot. 

3. The church shall meet for business once in two 
months, on the Monday evening next preceding the Com- 
munion Sabbath. Special meetings for business may be 
called by notice from the desk. 

4. The church shall meet every Friday evening, for de- 
votional purposes. 

5. The Lord's Supper shall be celebrated once in two 
months — on the first Sabbath in January, March, May, July, 
September, and November. 

6. The time for contributing to benevolent objects shall 
be as follows : 

Foreign Missions, 2d Sabbath in January. 



Education Society, 


2d 


" February. 


City Missions, 


2d 


" April. 


Tract Society, 


2d 


" July. 


Home Missions, 


2d 


' " September 


The Poor, 


2d 


' " November. 


Sabbath School, 


2d 


' " December 



and the Seamen's Friend Society, and the American and 
Foreign Christian Union, at such times as the Pastor may 
deem most appropriate. 



Retorts of Action of tljt Cljurtl; 

I'S RELATION TO THE 

Revision of the Articles of Faith and Covenant, and By=Laws. 



At a meeting of the church, May 31, 1836, it was voted 
to adopt the Confession of Faith and Covenant of the 
Franldin Street Church, Boston, which follows ; together 
with the following 

FORM OF ADMISSION. 

Beloved Friends : 

You have presented yourselves before God, 
and this Assembly, to make a solemn confession of your re- 
ligious faith, and to take upon yourself everlasting obliga- 
tions. We trust you have duly considered the nature of the 
professions you are about to make, and of the engagements 
into which you are about to enter. They are of the most 
solemn moment, and upon their faithful observance your 
eternal happiness will depend. 

(Be not disheartened, if you come with sincere desires to 
be the Lord's, and exercising humble faith in Him, He will 
impart to you grace, and wisdom, and finally make you par- 
takers of eternal blessedness.) 

Attend then to the 

CONFESSION OF FAITH. 

You believe that there is but one God, the Father, Son 
and Holy Ghost, a being of perfect and adorable attributes, 
the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of the Universe. 

You believe that the Scriptures, of the old and new 
Testaments, were given by inspiration of God, and are the 
only perfect rule of faith and practice. 



RECOEDS OF ACTIOX OF THE CHUECH. 19 

You believe that man was originally holy, that he sinned 
and fell from that state, that in consequence of the fall all 
mankind are sinners, i and destitute of holiness :) that Jesus 
Christ by his sufferings and death has made an atonement, 
sufficient for the redemption of all mankind : that pardon 
and eternal life are sincerely ottered to all. upon condition 
of repentance and faith in Christ, and that there is salvation 
in no other way : that mankind do of their own accord re- 
fuse to comply with the terms of mercy and continue 
alienated from God. until their hearts renewed by the influ- 
ence of the Holy Spirit are freely given to the Saviour : and 
that God from eternity purposed to secure the repentance 
and final salvation of a great multitude whom no man can 
number. 

You do also believe in the resurrection of the dead, and a 
day of judgment, when every one must give to Christ an ac- 
count of all the deeds done in the body, that the righteous 
will then enter into Life, and the wicked will go away into 
punishment, both of which will be without end. 

Moreover, you believe that in this Avorld the Lord Jesus 
Christ has a visible Church, the terms of admission to which 
are a public profession of faith in Christ, sustained by credi- 
ble evidence: that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordi- 
nances to be observed in the Church to the end of the 
world : that none but members of the visible church, in 
regular standing, have a right to partake of the Lord's Sup- 
per and that only they and their household, are proper 
subjects for the ordinance of baptism. 

All these things you profess and heartily believe. 

(The ordinance of baptism is to be here administered.) 

You will now enter into Solemn Covenant with God 
and with this Church. 

In the presence of God. and this assembly, you do now sol- 
emnly avouch the Lord Jehovah. Father, Son. and Holy Ghost, 
to be your God:— the supreme object of your affection, and 
your portion forever: you cordially acknowledge the Lord 



20 RECORDS OF ACTION OF THE CHURCH. 

Jesus Christ to be your Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit to be 
your sanctifier, comforter, and guide. You cheerfully devote 
yourselves to God, in the everlasting covenant of his grace, 
consecrating all your powers and faculties to his service and 
glory, and you promise, that through the assistance of his 
Spirit, you will cleave to him as your chief good: that you 
will give diligent attendance to his word and ordinances, 
(A. See record April 30, 1839. Voted, To insert here after 
A. "That you will regularly attend worship in the sanctuary, 
in the family, and in the closet," — ) that you will seek the honor 
and interests of his Kingdom and that henceforth denying 
ungodliness and every worldly lust, you will live soberly, 
righteously, and godly in the world. 

You do also now cordially join yourselves to this church and 
engage to submit to its rules of government and discipline, 
and to strive earnestly for its peace, edification, and purity, 
and to walk with its members in charity, faithfulness, cir- 
cumspection, meekness, and solemnity. 

This you profess and engage. 

Here the members of the church rise. 

In consequence of these professions, and promises, we, 
the members of this church, affectionately receive you to our 
communion, and in the name of Christ declare you entitled 
to all its privileges. We welcome you to this fellowship with 
us in the blessings of the Gospel, and on our part engage to 
watch over you and seek your edification so long as you con- 
tinue among us. (B. See April 30, 1839, Voted, To in- 
sert here after B, "We welcome you to the arduous, yet de- 
lightful duty of Christian effort, and so far from being a bur- 
den to the church we expect you daily to strive for the 
salvation of souls, and the spread of the Gospel") It will be 
your duty to attend the stated meetings of the Church, unless 
prevented by higher duties, and should you have occasion to 
change your place of residence it will be your duty to seek 
and ours to grant a recommendation to another church, for 



BECOKDS OF ACTION OF THE CHUKCH. 21 

hereafter you can never withdraw from the watch and com- 
munion of the saints, without a breach of covenant. 

And now, beloved in the Lord, let it be impressed on your 
mind that you have come under solemn obligations from 
which you can never escape. Wherever you go, these vows 
will be upon you, they will follow you to the bar of God, 
and will abide upon you forever. The Lord preserve you, 
and guide you, till death, and at last receive you, and us, to 
that blessed world where our love and joy shall be forever 
perfect. Amen. 

June 6, 1837. Voted, That James M. Whiton and Jacob 
Hayes be a committee to prepare standing rules for the 
church. 

June 13, 1837. The Committee appointed June 6, 1837, 
submitted a report of the following Standing Rules, which 
were adopted. 

The officers of the Church shall be, a Clerk, who shall 
keep the records, in a fair and legible manner, in a book 
kept for that purpose. A Treasurer, to collect taxes on 
pews, take charge of all monies belonging to the Church, 
make disbursements by order of the Church and report at 
every annual meeting. 

One or more Auditors to examine the Treasurer's account. 

An Examining Committee which shall consist of the Pas- 
tor and Deacons and any other the Church may appoint, to 
examine candidates for admission and present in writing the 
names of such as they approve. They shall also grant the 
use of the meeting-house and vestry in cases when two- 
thirds of the committee may judge expedient. 

A Prudential or Standing Committee of two or more to 
superintend and attend to the secular concerns of the 
Church, to keep the meeting-house in repair, provide for 
lighting it, appoint sexton, fix his duties and compensation, 
and generally attend to the business concerns of the Church; 
they shall have power to expend money but only such sums 
as the Church may place at their disposal. 



22 RECORDS OF ACTION OF THE CHURCH. 

A Committee to superintend the singing, consisting of two 
or more persons. In case the Churcli shall omit to appoint 
a Singing Committee the duties shall be performed by the 
Standing Committee. 

A Committee to let pews, consisting of the Treasurer and 
one other person. 

All officers shall be appointed at the Annual Meeting 
(w^hich shall be held on the first Tuesday in January, annu- 
ally,) and shall continue in office until others are appointed. 

All meetings for business shall be opened with prayer. 

Payment of taxes shall be made quarterly. 

No money shall be drawn from the treasury except by 
vote of the Church. 

All officers of the Church shall be chosen by ballot. 
Candidates for admission shall be propounded to the Church 
three weeks previous to admission and such as are to make 
a profession shall be propounded to the congregation two 
weeks previous to admission. All persons admitted shall 
sign the Confession of Faith. 

The Lord's Supper shall be celebrated once in two months, 
on the first Sabbath in January, March, May, July, Septem- 
ber, and November. 

Admission shall be made at the close of the service on 
the morning of Communion Sabbath, those by profession to 
be admitted in presence of the Congregation. 

The Church shall meet every Friday evening for devotion- 
al exercises. Members of other churches may be admitted 
to this meeting by special vote. 

Members removing from the city, or attending other 
places of worship in the city, are expected to remove their 
connection from this church to some other at or near where 
they reside within one year from the time of their removal, 
unless there be satisfactory reasons for the delay. Members 
removing for the term of one year or more, but who expect 
to return, are required to give notice of their intention to do 
so, and may if they desire it receive a certificate of good 
standing in this Church. 



KECORDS OF ACTION OF THE CHUJRCH. 23 

At a meeting of the church, April 30, 1839, it was voted to 
make the following additions to the Covenant. Insert at A, 
as follows : — That you will regularly attend worship in the 
Sanctuary, in the Family, and in the Closet. — Insert the fol- 
lowing at B. We welcome you to the arduous yet delightful 
duty of Christian effort and so far from being a burden to 
the Church we expect you daily to strive for the salvation of 
souls and the spread of the Gospel. 

At a meeting of the Church held January ii, 1841, 
Voted, That Samuel W. Hall, Increase S. Hill, and Aaron 
Ordway be a committee to revise the Standing Rules and re- 
port at the next business, meeting of the Church. 

Feb. 8, 184T, the Committee appointed January nth, to 
revise the Standing Rules made the following report. 

The officers of the Church shall be as follows : 

1. A Clerk to keep the records. 

2. A Treasurer to take charge of the money belonging to 
the Church and pay it out as the Church may direct. 

3. An Examining Committee which shall consist of the 
Pastor, and Deacons, and any others that the Church may 
appoint to examine candidates for admission and report to 
the Church the names of such as they approve. 

4. All officers shall be chosen by ballot. 

5. The Examining Committee shall meet and organize as 
soon as may be after the Annual Meeting, by the choice of 
a Clerk, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of and re- 
port to the Church, in writing, the substance of the relation 
given by the candidates. 

6. Candidates for admission by letter or profession shall 
be propounded to the Church and Congregation two Sab- 
baths previous to admission. 

7. No person shall become a member of the Church 
without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members pres- 
ent when the vote is taken, and having subscribed to the 
Articles of Faith and Covenant in a book kept for that pur- 
pose. 



24 BECORDS OF ACTION OF THE CHURCH. 

8. The Lord's Supper should be celebrated the first Sab- 
bath in each month. 

9. Admissions by profession shall be made in presence 
of the congregation on Communion Sabbath at the close of 
the sermon in the afternoon, and notice given of admission 
by Letter. 

10. The Church shall meet for business the second Mon- 
day evening in each month. Special meetings for business 
may be called by notice from the desk. 

IT. The Church shall meet every Friday evening for de- 
votional exercises. Members of Evangelical Churches 
may attend these meetings by invitation of any member 
of the Church. 

12. Persons removing from the City or attending other 
places of worship, in the city, are requested to remove their 
connection from this to some other church at or near where 
they reside, within one year from the time of their removal 
unless there be satisfactory reasons for the delay. 

13. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to notify members of 
the Church who do not comply with the twelfth article. 

Meeting of the Church, October i, 1841, it was voted, That 
the By-Law relating to the business meeting being held on 
the second Monday in each month be revised so that in 
future they be held on the first Monday. 

Meeting January 3, 1842, it was voted, That the By-Laws 
be so altered that the Annual Meeting of the Church be held 
on the first Monday instead of the first Tuesday in January 
of each year. 

March 11, 1842. At a meeting of the Church it was 
voted, That it be adopted as a Standing Rule of this Church 
"that whenever any member shall be excommunicated, no- 
tice thereof shall be given from the desk on the Sabbath." 

May 2, 1842. At a meeting of the Church, it was voted 
unanimously that the 8th Article of the By-Laws be so al- 
tered as to provide for the celebration of the Lord's Supper 



BECOEDS OF ACTION OF THE CHURCH. 25 

once in two months, viz. — on the first Sabbath in January, 
March, May, July, September, and November. 

September 5, 1842. At a meeting of the Church it was 
voted. That the Standing Rules be so altered that the church 
meet for business once in two months on the last Monday 
evening in the month preceding the Communion Sabbath. 

March 6, 1843. At a meeting, voted, That the Pastor and 
Deacons be a Committee to report a system of government 
for the Church and such alterations in the Faith and Cove- 
nant as they may deem necessary. 

April 6, 1843. The Committee appointed March 6, 1843, 
reported a system of government and amendments of the 
Covenant; reported a set of articles and amendments which 
were severally adopted and then adopted as a whole. Fur- 
ther, Voted, That all rules and articles heretofore adopted by 
this Church and conflicting with those adopted at this time 
are hereby repealed. 

(The report of this committee cannot be found.) 

September i, 1845. ^^ ^ meeting of the Church, Voted, 
Aaron Ordway, C. James, Joseph Robbins, Wm. R. Lovejoy 
and Henry T. Butler be a Committee to revise our By-Laws. 

December 29, 1845. ^^ ^ meeting of the Church the 
Committee appointed to revise the By-Laws reported the fol- 
lowing alterations: In Article 2 of the Standing Rules, after 
Treasurer add "a Committee of three on Discipline." In Arti- 
cle 3, after Annual Meeting add : "the Committee on Disci- 
pline shall attend to all cases of a public character, and in 
cases of private or personal offences, may act as a committee 
of council and conference between the parties." The last four 
lines of the same article to be erased. In Article 7 the word 
Censure to be erased and the word "Excommunicated" add- 
ed. The whole of the Eleventh Article to be erased. In 
Article Twelve strike out, "by invitation of members," and 
add "for one year by vote of the Church." 



26 RECORDS OF ACTION OF THE CHURCH. 

August 29, 1859. At meeting of the church a motion was 
made that the Standing Rules of the church with regard to 
the choice of officers be altered so as to read — ''The Officers 
of this Church shall be the Pastor or Pastors and Deacons, a 
Clerk and Treasurer, and an Examining Committee which 
shall consist of the Pastor and Deacons and any others the 
church may appoint." The number of the Deacons shall be 
fixed by the church as its exigencies may from time to time 
require, and no person shall hold the office more than five 
years without a re-election. At every annual meeting there 
shall be an election of one Deacon, it being understood that 
the term of one incumbent shall expire annually according to 
seniority of appointment. Final consideration of this motion 
was postponed to October 31, 1859, when the motion w^as 
taken up and carried. Voted, That the rule now adopted 
shall take effect from and after the next annual meeting of 
the church, and at that time, the office of the Deacons of this 
church shall be considered vacant. 

Voted, That at its next annual meeting this church will 
elect four Deacons, the first one elected to hold the office for 
four years, the second to hold it for three years, the third to 
hold it for two years, and the fourth to hold it for one year. 

Voted, At a meeting of the church December 24th, 1880, 
That for Article Eight of the Articles of Faith of this church 
there be substituted as follows: "Moreover you believe that 
Christ has instituted an external visible Church whose sealing 
ordinances to the end of time are Baptism and the Lord's 
Supper; that Baptism is to be administered to all who make 
a credible profession of their Faith and to their infant chil- 
dren ; that the Lord's Supper is to be administered to those 
who profess to have been renewed by the Holy Spirit." 

An amendment was made to the Standing Rules as follows: 
"There shall be elected at each annual meeting of the church, 
four Deaconesses whose term of office shall be one year. It 
shall be their duty to assist the Pastor in visiting the poor, 
the sick and the stranger, in such other ways as he may sug- 



EECOEDS OF ACTION OF THE CHTJECH. 27 

gest or direct, and they shall present a report of their year's 
work at the annual meetings. They shall also serve on the 
Examining Committee of the church. The Pastor and Dea- 
cons shall constitute a nominating committee who at the 
annual meetings and whenever vacancies occur shall pre- 
sent the names of those who are to be voted on for these 
offices." 

At a meeting of the church February 9, 1883, i^ was Voted, 
That two additional Deacons be elected, one for six years 
and one for five years, and that hereafter deacons be elected 
for the term of six years. That in the Standing Rules of the 
church, page 8, line 5, the word six be substituted for the word 
four. 

At a meeting of the church, February 4, 1889, it was Voted, 
That a Committee consisting of Deacons L N. Lothrop, 
Frank E. Dimick, and J. H. S. Pearson, together with the 
Pastor and Clerk, be appointed to revise the By-Laws of the 
church. 

April 12, 1889. Committee on Revision of the By-Laws 
made a report which was accepted, and thereupon Voted, 
That the By-Laws as reported be printed and placed in the 
hands of each member of the church and that when this meet- 
ing adjourns, it adjourn to a special meeting to be called by 
the Committee, and that notice thereof be read from the desk 
for two Sundays previously. 

May 8, 1889. Special meeting to consider the report of 
the Committee on change of the By-Laws^ Voted, To con- 
sider the report article by article and section by section after 
which the By-Laws were accepted as a whole. 




l^rtirks nf Jfaitl^ anii Cohenaut. 



Beloved Friends : You have presented yourselves before 
God and this assembly to make a public confession of your 
religious faith, and enter into solemn covenant with God and 
his people. 

We trust you have duly considered the nature of the pro- 
fession you are about to make, and of the engagements into 
which you are about to enter. They are of the inost solemn 
moment, and upon their faithful observance 3^our eternal hap- 
piness will depend. 

Attend then to the 

CONFESSION OF FAITH. 

article I. 
You believe that there is but one God, the Father, Son, 
and Holy Ghost, a being of perfect and adorable attributes, 
the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of the universe. 

ARTICLE II. 

You believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testa- 
ments were given by inspiration of God, and are the only per- 
fect rule of faith and practice. 

ARTICLE III. 

You believe that man was originally holy ; that he sinned 
and fell from that state ; that in consequence of the fall, all 
mankind are sinners. 

ARTICLE IV. 

You believe that Jesus Christ, by his sufferings and death, 
has made an atonement sufficient for the redemption of all 



AETICLES OF FAITH AXD COTEXANT. 29 

mankind ; that pardon and eternal life are sincerely offered 
to all, upon condition of repentance and faith in Christ, and 
that there is salvation in no other ^Yay. 

ARTICLE V. 

You belieA'e that mankind, of their own accord, refuse to 
comply with the terms of mercy, and continue alienated from 
God, until their hearts, influenced by the Holy Spirit, are 
freely given to the Saviour. 

ARTICLE VI, 

You believe that God, from eternity, purposed to secure 
the repentance and final salvation of a great multitude which 
no man can number. 

ARTICLE VII. 

You believe in the resurrection of the dead, and a day of 
judgment, when every one must give unto Christ an account 
of the deeds done in the body : that the righteous will then 
enter into life, and the wicked will go away into punishment, 
both of which will be without end. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Moreover, you believe that Christ has instituted an external 
visible church, whose sealing ordinances to the end of time are 
Baptism and the Lord's Supper ; that Baptism is to be adminis- 
tered to all who make a credible profession of their faith, and 
to their infant children ; that the Lord's Supper is to be ad- 
ministered to those who profess to have been renewed by the 
Holy Spirit. 

All these things you profess and heartily believe. 

(The ordinance of Baptism to be here administered.) 

You will now enter into a solemn covenant with God and 
with this church. 

COVENANT. 

In the presence of God and this assembly, you do now sol- 
emnly affirm the Lord Jehovah to be your God, and your por- 
tion forever ; vou do solemnlv dedicate vourselves to God the 



30 ARTICLES OF FAITH AND COVENANT. 

Father as your chief good, to the Lord Jesus Christ as your 
Saviour, and to the Holy Spirit as your Sanctifier, Com- 
forter, and Guide. You do solemnly devote to the one living 
and true God all your powers and possessions; covenant- 
ing that you will be the Lord's forever ; engaging that, 
through the aid of his Spirit, you will love him supremely, 
and obey him faithfully ; that you will give diligent attend- 
ance to his word and ordinances ; that you will seek, above 
all things, the honor and interests of his kingdom ; and that 
you will aim, without ceasing, to adorn your profession by a 
blameless life and by holiness of heart. 

You do now cordially join yourselves to this church of 
Christ, engaging to submit to the rules of ecclesiastical gov- 
ernment and discipline which it has adopted ; to strive ear- 
nestly for its peace, edification, and purity ; to attend the 
stated meetings of the church, and to walk with its members 
in charity, faithfulness, and sobriety. 

This you profess and engage. 

In consequence of these professions and engagements, we, 
the members of this church, {here the members of the church 
rise,) affectionately receive you to our communion, and in the 
name of Christ declare you entitled to all its privileges ; we 
welcome you to this fellowship with us in the blessings of the 
gospel, and, on our part, engage to watch over you and seek 
your edification, as long as you shall continue with us. 

And now, beloved in the Lord, let it be impressed on your 
minds, that you have entered into solemn obligations, from 
which you can never escape. \A^herever you go, these vows 
will be upon you ; they will follow you to the bar of God, and 
will abide upon you through eternity. May the Lord guide 
and preserve you till death, and at fast receive you and us to 
that blessed world, where our love and joy shall be forever 
perfect. Amen. 



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ARTICLE I. 

OFFICERS AXD COMMITTEE. 

Section i. The Officers of this church shall be the Pas- 
tor, six Deacons, six Deaconesses, a Clerk, a Treasurer, 
Auditor, and Examining Committee, which Committee shall 
consist of Pastor, Deacons, Deaconesses, Clerk and three 
others chosen by the church. 

Sect. 2. The Deacons shall hold office for six years: one 
or more Deacons shall be chosen by ballot at each annual 
meeting. 

Sect. 3. The Deaconesses shall hold office for six years : 
one or more Deaconesses shall be chosen by ballot at each 
annual meeting. 

Sect. 4. The Clerk, Treasurer, Auditor and three mem- 
bers of the Examining Committee shall be chosen by ballot 
at each annual meeting. 

Sect. 5. Any vacancy in church offices, except that of 
Pastor, may be filled at any regular meeting at which ten 
members shall be present, which number shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of any business of the church ; 
and five to constitute a quorum to organize and adjourn. 

ARTICLE II. 

OFFICERS OF THE SUXDAV SCHOOL. 

There shall be elected by ballot at each annual meeting 
the following Officers of the Sunday School, who shall be 
nominated by the teachers, viz.: a Superintendent, one or 



32 BY-LAWS. 

more Assistant Superintendents, a Superintendent of the Pri- 
mary Department, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, one 
or more Assistant Librarians and such other Officers as the 
Superintendent may desire. 

The Church regards the Sunday School as a department of 
its own work and accepts full responsibility for the same. 

ARTICLE III. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 

Section i. The Pastor shall be a member of this Church, 
and shall preside at its meetings : in his absence a moderator 
shall be chosen. 

Sect. 2. The Clerk shall keep a record of the business of 
the Church, and shall on each Friday evening succeeding the 
observance of the Lord's Supper as hereinafter named, cause 
to be read and approved, such record of business as has been 
transacted during such interval of time ; have charge of its 
papers; forward letters of dismission and at the annual 
meeting make a report of the numerical strength of the 
Church, number of additions by letter and confession ; and 
removals during the year ; number of baptisms and deaths ; 
together with other items of interest connected with the 
year's work. 

Sect. 3. The Treasurer shall have charge of all money 
collected for the Church and benevolent purposes and shall 
distribute the same under the direction of the Deacons. 

Sect. 4. The Auditor shall annually audit the accounts of 
the Treasurer. 

Sect. 5. It shall be the duty of the Deaconesses to visit 
the sick, report cases of need within the Church to the Pastor 
and Deacons, and in any other way assist them in their work. 

Sect. 6. It shall be the duty of the Examining Committee 
to satisfy themselves of the proper qualifications of all candi- 
dates for membership. 



BY-LAWS. 33 

ARTICLE IV. 

MEETINGS. 

Sectiox I. The Aveekly Prayer- ]\Ieeting of the Church 
shall be held on Friday evenings. 

Sect. 2. The Annual Business ^Meeting of the Church 
shall be held on the tirst ^vlonday CA'ening of February. 

All members of the Church f\venty-one years of age and 
over shall be entitled to vote at any business meeting. 

Sect. 3. The Preparatory Lecture shall be on the Friday 
evening next preceding the Communion. 

Sect. 4. The Lord's Supper shall be administered on the 
first Sundays of January. ]\Iarch. ]^Iay. July, September and 
November, at which an ottering shall be made for the poor 
and to meet the incidental expenses of the Church. 

ARTICLE V. 

ADMISSION OF ^^lEMBERS. 

Section i. Xames of persons wishing to unite with this 
Church, either by letter or on confession, shall be announced 
at the Friday evening meeting two weeks before the Prepara- 
tory Lecture, and on recommendation of the Examining 
Committee, shall be propounded before the congregation one 
week before Communion. 

The vote on the question of receiving the candidate shall 
be taken on the evening of the Preparatory Lecture, and 
shall be on the condition that the candidates shall afterwards 
subscribe to the Confession of Faith of this Church and give 
their public assent to the Covenant. 

Sect. 2. Letters of admission must bear date within the 
year previous to their presentation ; and no others shall be 
received without satisfactory reasons. 

ARTICLE VI. 
discipline. 

The rule of discipline in private offences shall be the law 
of Christ recorded in Matthew xA-iii, 15-17. In public offences 



34 BY-LAWS. 

affecting the moral character of a member or his relations to 
the Church, the Church Committee shall investigate and re- 
port to the Church for such action as may be deemed 
expedient. 

ARTICLE VII. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i. At the beginning of each year the hst of mem- 
bers and their residences shall be revised by the Pastor, Dea- 
cons and Clerk. Every member who changes his street or 
number is expected to report the change to the Clerk. 

Sect. 2. All members absenting themselves from worship 
and communion of this Church for one year or more shall 
satisfy the Pastor and Deacons in respect to their reasons for 
so doing or apply for a letter to some other Church. In case 
of failure so to do, their names, upon the recommendation of 
the Pastor and Deacons, shall be placed upon the retired list, 
such a list to be kept by the Clerk. When any name has 
been borne upon the retired list for two years it may, by vote 
of the Church, be erased from the roll. 

Sect. 3. The names of members whose residence cannot 
be ascertained shall be reported to the Church at the Annual 
Meeting ; and, after having been reported for two consecutive 
years, shall be placed on the retired list subject to the fore- 
going provisions. 

Sect. 4. The Church may, upon the recommendation of 
the Pastor and Deacons, and after reasonable time and effort 
spent in each instance, withdraw watch, care and fellowship 
from any member, by vote and without formal trial, unless 
the member requests such trial, in the following cases : 

(i) When the member asks such withdrawal in order to 
join a religious body to which no letter could be regularly 
granted, or by which a letter would not be received. 

(2) When the member has connected himself with any 
other religious body, without notice to this Church. 

(3) When the member, without reproach in moral charac- 
ter, declares himself no longer in accord with our Confession 



BY-LAWS. 35 

of Faith, and therefore desires to be freed from his relation 
to this Church. 

When fellowship is thus withdrawn, the reasons shall be 
stated in the vote of the Church and recorded in full. No 
censure is implied by such action except that involved in 
each particular case ; nor can the Church release the member 
from the covenant he made with God at her altar : but the 
covenant with this Church, which is broken by his own action, 
is declared null and void. 

Sect. 5. All requests for letters of dismission and recom- 
mendation must indicate the Church to which the letter is to 
be directed and shall be read at the next Friday evening 
meeting and on the next Friday evening shall be voted on by 
the Church. 

Any letter granted shall be valid for one year only from its 
date, and every letter shall bear a statement to that effect. 
ARTICLE VIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

No change shall be made in these By-Laws unless notice 
of the proposed change has been given in writing at a meet- 
ing before that at which action is taken : nor unless two- 
thirds of the members present and qualified to vote concur. 



Officers Cljoscir at ^miiud Uteetings 



And Important Actions of Interest. 



The first meeting of the First Congregational Church in 
East Boston was held on Tuesday evening, May 31, 1836, 
at which it was voted that those who join this church within 
six weeks from date be considered original members. 

Voted, That Aaron Ordway, Philip Lord and B. F. Butler 
be a committee to examine candidates for admission to the 
Church. 

Voted, That Aaron Ordway be Treasurer of the Church 
and Eleazer Johnson, Clerk. 

Voted, To adopt the Confession of Faith of the Franklin 
St. Church, Boston. 

June 6, 1837. Annual meeting held and Jacob Hayes was 
chosen Clerk, pro iem. 

James M. Whiton and Jacob Hayes were chosen a Com- 
mittee to prepare Standing Rules for the Church. Voted, 
To defer the Choice of Officers until an adjourned meeting. 

June 13, 1837, Committee appointed to prepare Standing 
Rules, reported and recommended their adoption which 
was finally done. The following officers were then elected 
for the year 1837. James M. Whiton, treasurer. Jacob 
Hayes, clerk. James M. Whiton, Jacob Hayes and Eleazer 
Johnson, standing committee. Aaron Ordway and Jacob 
Hayes, singing committee. 

October 31, 1837, Aaron Ordway was elected as deacon. 

Annual meeting January 3, 1838. Jacob Hayes was 
elected clerk. James M. Whiton, treasurer. Eleazer John- 
son, auditor. The whole church for the present to act as ex- 



OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 37 

amining committee. Jacob Hayes, James M. Whiton, stand- 
ing committee. Aaron Ordway, Zoeth Rich, singing 
committee. 

March 23, 1838, Aaron Ordway was elected deacon and 
accepted the office. 

June 15, 1838, Aaron Ordway's resignation as deacon was 
accepted. Jacob Hayes resigned as clerk and James M. 
Whiton was chosen to fill the vacancy. 

October 5, 1838. Aaron Ordway, James M. Whiton and 
John Pierce were chosen a committee to examine candidates 
for admission to the Church, to report as required by the 
Standing Rules. 

January i, 1839. Samuel W. Hall and Aaron Ordway 
were unanimously elected deacons. The following officers 
were elected. James M. Whiton, clerk and treasurer. 
Joshua Cheever as auditor. John Pierce, Samuel W. Hall 
and Aaron Ordway, examining committee. 

March i, 1839. Aaron Ordway was excused from accept- 
ing office of deacon and Samuel W. Hall was requested to 
take further time for consideration of his acceptance of the 
office. 

Annual meeting January 7, 1840. Aaron Ordway was 
elected clerk and treasurer. Samuel W. Hall was elected 
auditor. Samuel W. Hall, Aaron Ordway and B. F. Butler 
elected with the Pastor as examining committee. Samuel W. 
Hall declined to accept the office of deacon. Voted, To 
proceed to elect two members of the church as deacons pro 
tempore. Joshua Cheever and Benjamin F. Butler were thus 
elected. 

April 17, 1840. Joshua Cheever requested to be excused 
from acting longer as deacon ; his request was complied with 
at a subsequent meeting held May 11, 1840. 

May II, 1840. Eleazer Johnson was elected clerk to fill the 
vacancy caused by the resignation of Aaron Ordway, April 
15, 1840. 



38 OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

June 15, 1840, Increase S. Hill was chosen deacon and 
consented to serve for six months. Increase S. Hill, Harvey 
Rogers and Henry T. Butler were chosen to be added to the 
examining committee. 

July 13, 1840. Samuel W. Hall accepted the office of. dea- 
con to which he was elected May 11, 1840. Eleazer Johnson 
tendered his resignation as clerk of the Church and B. H. 
Ordway was chosen to fill the vacancy. 

Annual meeting, January 5, 1841. B. Henry Ordway was 
chosen clerk. Samuel W. Hall, treasurer. Henry T. Butler, 
Wm. H. Delano, Aaron Ordway and John Pierce, examining 
committee in addition to the Pastor and deacons. Increase 
S. Hill declined serving longer as deacon. Increase S. Hill 
was chosen Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

January 11, 1841. Voted, To accept the resignation of 
Increase S. Hill as deacon. Aaron Ordway was elected 
deacon and one month was given him to consider the subject 
of his acceptance to the office. 

February 8, 1841. Aaron Ordway accepted the office of 
deacon. 

July 16, 1 841. Benjamin F. Butler was added to the ex- 
amining committee. 

July 25, 1841. Increase S. Hill resigned the office of 
Superintendent of the Sabbath School, and Samuel W. Hall 
was confirmed as Superintendent. 

October 8, 1841. Aaron Ordway was elected clerk to fill 
vacancy caused by the resignation of B. Henry Ordway. 

Annual meeting January 3, 1842. Aaron Ordway was 
elected clerk. Samuel W. Hall was elected treasurer. Wm. R. 
Lovejoy, Benjamin F. Butler, Joseph Robbins were elected 
examining committee in addition to Pastor and deacons. 
Samuel W. Hall was confirmed as Superintendent of the 
Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 2, 1843. Aaron Ordway was 
elected clerk. Samuel W. Hall was chosen treasurer. Wm. 



OFFICEES CHOSEX AT AXXUAL MEETI>'GS. 39 

R Lovejoy, Joseph Robbins. W. H. Delano, B. F. Butler and 
B. Loomis, examining committee in addition to Pastor and 
deacons. Samuel \V. Hall was confirmed as Superintendent 
of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 3. i844_ Aaron Ordway was 
elected clerk. Samuel W. Hall, treasurer. Albert Bowker. 
auditor. Wm. R. Lovejoy. Joseph Robbins, B. Loomis, 
Henry T. Butler, Albert Bowker, Paul Bailey, Thomas 
Ditson, Luther Hall, examining committee in addition to 
Pastor and deacons. Samuel \A'. Hall w^as confirmed as 
Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting, January 8, 1845. Luther Hall was 
elected clerk. Thomas Ditson. treasurer, Samuel W. Hall, 
auditor. C. James, Luther Hall, Wm. R. Lovejoy, Wm. H. 
Delano, examining committee in addition to Pastor and 
deacons. Joseph Robbins was confirmed as Superintendent 
of Sabbath School, Samuel \^^ Hall having resigned. 

May 12, 1845. Joseph Robbins was elected deacon. 

August 4, 1845. \^'illiam R. Lovejoy was elected deacon. 

October 27, 1845. Joseph Robbins and Thomas Ditson, 
examining committee, in place of Samuel W. Hall and Aaron 
Ordway resigned. The resignation of Aaron Ordway as 
deacon was accepted. 

Annual meeting January 5, 1846. Joseph Robbins was 
elected clerk. Thos. Ditson, treasurer. Thomas Ditson, 
Luther Hall, Joseph Robbins and Harvey Rogers, examining 
committee. Joseph Robbins was confirmed as Superintend- 
ent of Sabbath School. 

February 23, 1846. Charles James was requested to serve 
as deacon until one was chosen. 

May 4. 1846. Joseph Robbins resigned the office of clerk 
and F. C. Swett was declared elected to fill the vacancy. 

October 23, 1846. Charles James declined serving longer 
as deacon. 



4U OFFICEES CHOSEJ^f AT AoS^NUAL MEETINGS. 

December 28, 1846. Joseph Robbins was elected deacon. 

Annual meeting Januar}- 4, 1847. ^- C. Swett was elected 
clerk. Thomas Ditson, treasurer. H. T. Butler, auditor. 
Chas. James, Thomas Ditson, F. C. Swett, with Pastor and 
deacons as examining committee. Joseph Robbins confirmed 
as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

June 28, 1847. ^- ^' Swett resigned as one of the exam- 
ining committee. 

Annual meeting, January 3, 1848. F. C. Swett was chosen 
clerk. Thomas Ditson, treasurer. John Harmon, Thos. D. 
Demond, James H. Tomlinson and George W. Osborn, exam- 
ining committee in addition to Pastor and Deacons. Joseph 
Robbins confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 8, 1849. F. C. Swett was chosen 
clerk. Thomas Ditson, treasurer. John Harmon, Thomas 
D. Demond, J. H. Tomlinson, Thomas Ditson, George W. 
Osborn, examining com.mittee in addition to Pastor and dea- 
cons. Joseph Robbins, Superintendent of Sabbath School, 
resigned his office. 

Annual meeting January 7, 1850. Treasurer's Report 
show^s amount collected for benevolent purposes, $481.37. 
Amount paid out to different societies, $459.88, leaving bal- 
ance in treasury, $21.49. Jo^^^^ H. Tomlinson was elected 
clerk. Thomas Ditson, treasurer. Thomas D. Demond, J. 
M. Read, N. Merritt, Thomas Ditson, John Harmon. B. F. 
Butler, John H. Tomlinson, examining committee, in addition 
to Pastor and deacons. Voted, To accept and approve the 
doings of the Sabbath School teachers in electing Thos. D. 
Demond Superintendent of Sabbath School. John Harmon, 
B. F. Butler, Wm. R. Lovejoy were chosen committee to visit 
the Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 6, 185 1. Treasurer's Report was 
made showing receipts for benevolent purposes including 
cash on hand, $347.75. Expenditures for different societies, 
$311.28, leaving balance cash on hand, $36.47. J. H. Tom- 



OrnCEES CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 41 

linson was elected clerk and treasurer. John Harmon, John 
Howe, Jr., Thos. D. Demond, N. Merritt, Thos. Ditson, J. B. 
Hutchinson and J. H. Tomlinson, examining committee, in 
addition to Pastor and deacons. Thos. D. Demond con- 
firmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. John Harmon^ 
B. F. Butler, \Vm. R. Lovejoy be a committee to visit the 
Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 5, 1852. Treasurer's Report 
shows receipts, including balance cash on hand, $548.34. 
Expenditures to various societies, $537.29. Balance cash on 
hand, $11.05. 1^^^ H. Tomlinson was elected clerk and 
treasurer. John Harmon, Thos. D. Demond, John Howe, 
Jr., Thos, Ditson, N. Merritt, J. H. Tomlinson, examining 
committee, in addition to Pastor and deacons. Thomas D. 
Demond confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 3, 1853. Treasurer's Report 
shows receipts including cash on hand January, 1852, 
$836.80, and expenditures to various societies, $836.80. J. H. 
Tomlinson was elected clerk and treasurer. A. Robbins, N. 
Merritt, Thos. D. Demond, Wm. H. Delano, Francis C. 
Swett, John H. Tomlinson, examining committee. Thos. D. 
Demond was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 2, 1854. Treasurer's Report was 
as follows: Amount received with the Treasury, $945.93; 
amount disbursed, $925.68; balance in the Treasury, $20.25. 
John H. Tomlinson was elected clerk and treasurer. X. 
Merritt, W. H. Delano, Thomas D. Demond, F. C. Swett, 
Asa Robbins, J. H. Tomlinson, with the Pastor and deacons, 
examining committee. Thos. D. Demond was confirmed as 
Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

May 8, 1854. Thomas D. Demond was elected deacon. 

Annual meeting January i, 1855. Treasurer's Report was 
as follows : Amount received, including cash on hand, 
$1,203.81; amount expended, $1,130.46; balance cash on 
hand, $73.35. John H. Tomlinson was chosen clerk and 



42 OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

treasurer. Asa Robbins, Nehemiah Merritt, W. H. Delano, 
John Howe^ Jr., and J. H. Tomlinson, with Pastor and dea- 
cons, examining committee. Thomas D. Demond was con- 
firmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. Wm. R. Love- 
joy, Phineas Burgess and Paul Curtis were chosen a 
committee to visit the Sabbath School. 

August 27, 1855. E. S. Lawrence was chosen deacon. 

Annual meeting January 7, 1856. Treasurer's Report was 
as follows : Amount received, including cash on hand, 
$1,578.25; expenditures, $1,555.42; balance cash on hand, 
$22.83. John H. Tomlinson was chosen clerk and treasurer. 
S. N. Stockwell, W. H. Delano, N. Merritt, B. F. Butler, J. 
H. Tomlinson, with Pastor and deacons, examining commit- 
tee. Paul Curtis, Phineas Burgess and Albert Bowker, com- 
mittee to visit Sabbath School. S. N. Stockwell was 
confirmed Superintendent of the Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 5, 1857. Treasurer's Report was 
as follows: Amount received, including cash on hand, 
$1313.10; amount expended, $1379.10; balance due treasur- 
er, $66.00. John H. Tomlinson was elected clerk and treas- 
urer. Paul Curtis, S. N. Stockwell, W. H. Delano, with the 
Pastor and deacons, examining committee. Paul Curtis, 
Albert Bowker, John Howe, Jr., committee to visit Sabbath 
School. Stephen N. Stockwell was confirmed as Superin- 
tendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 4, 1858. Treasurer's Report as 
follows: amount received, $892.87; amount expended, 
$923.75; balance due treasurer, $30.88. Joshua Clark was 
chosen clerk and treasurer. Examining committee : S. N. 
Stockwell, Paul Curtis, W. H. Delano, in addition to Pastor 
and deacons. Paul Curtis, A. Bowker, John Howe, Jr., 
committee to visit Sabbath School. S. N. Stockwell was 
confirmed Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 3, 1859. Treasurer's Report was 
as follows : Total amount collected, including amount for 



OFFICEES CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 43 

Sabbath School and church purposes, $1,207.57; ^otal amount 
expended, including Sunday School and church purposes, 
$1,206.63; balance in the treasury, $18.91. Joshua Clark 
was elected clerk and treasurer. Paul Merritt, George W. 
Merritt, J. P. Averill, examining committee, in addition to 
Pastor and deacons. Paul Curtis, Albert Bowker and John 
Howe, Jr., committee to visit Sabbath School. John P. 
Averill was confirmed Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 2, i860. Treasurer's Report was 
as follows: Total amount received from collections for church 
and Sabbath School, $1,202.86; total amount expenditure, 
$1,148.86; balance in the treasury, $156.00. Luther A. 
Wright was elected clerk and treasurer. Joseph Robbins 
was elected deacon for four years. Thomas D. Demond, 
deacon for three years. E. S. Lawrence, deacon for two 
years. Nehemiah Merritt, deacon for one year. Paul 
Curtis, J. P. Averill, J. M. Read, W. H. Delano, examining 
committee, in addition to Pastor and deacons. S. N. Stock- 
well, J. P. Averill and Thomas D. Demond, committee to 
visit Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 7, 186 1. Treasurer's Report was 
as follows : Total amount received by the church, including 
Sabbath School and church expenses, $2,157.45; amount ex- 
pended for all purposes, $2,152.77, leaving a balance in the 
treasury, $4.68. Nelson Curtis was elected clerk and treas- 
urer. Luther A. Wright, auditor. Nehemiah Merritt was 
elected deacon for four years. Paul Curtis, J. M. Read, 
Wm. H. Delano, John Howe, Jr., examining committee, in 
addition to Pastor and deacons. Wm. H. Ward was con- 
firmed as Superintendent of the Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 6, 1862. Treasurer's Report was 
as follows: Amount received, including cash on hand, 
$1,298.59; amount expended, $1,192.69; balance cash on 
hand to credit of Sabbath School, church and penny collec- 
tion funds, $115.90. Samuel Small, Jr., was chosen Clerk and 
Treasurer. Luther A. Wright was chosen Auditor. C. S. 



44 OFFICEES CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

Lawrence was chosen Deacon for one year. Paul Curtis, 
J. M. Read, W. H. Delano, John Howe, Jr., examining com- 
mittee, in addition to Pastor and Deacons. Luther A. Wright 
was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting January 2, 1863. Samuel Small was 
chosen Clerk and Treasurer; Thos. D. Demond, Deacon to 
serve for four years. J. M. Read, Paul Curtis, William H. 
Delano and Samuel Small, with the Pastor and Deacons as 
the Examining Committee. Luther A. Wright was confirmed 
as Superintendent of Sabbath School. Report of Samuel 
Small, treasurer, was as follows : Amount received for church 
and Sabbath School, $1,056.55; amount expended, $966.77; 
leaving balance forward of $89.78. 

April 27, 1863. Samuel Small, Jr., was elected as Deacon. 

Annual meeting January 4, 1864. Samuel Small, Jr., was 
elected Clerk and Treasurer. Dea. Joseph Robbins as Dea- 
con to serve for four years. Paul Curtis, Josiah M. Read, 
Benjamin F. Butler, Luther A. Wright, Examining Commit- 
tee in addition to Pastor and Deacons. Report of Samuel 
Small, Jr., treasurer, was as follows : Amount received for 
church and Sabbath School, $1,360.68; total expenditures, 
$1,160.24; balance cash on hand, $200.44. Luther A. Wright 
was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

January 2, 1865. Samuel Small, Jr., was elected Clerk 
and Treasurer. Samuel Small was chosen Deacon for four 
years. Paul Curtis, J. M. Read, Benjamin F. Butler and 
Luther A. Wright, Examining Committee in addition to Pas- 
tor and Deacons. Luther A. Wright confirmed as Superin- 
tendent of Sabbath School. Report of Sam'l Small, Jr., 
treasurer: Total amount received for church and Sabbath 
School, $2,531.36; expenditures, $2,411.27; balance, $120.09 
to new account. 

Jan. I, 1866. Samuel Small was elected Clerk and Treas- 
urer. Luther A. Wright, Auditor. Dea. E. S. Lawrence was 
chosen Deacon for four years. Paul Curtis, J. M. Read, Luther 



OFFICEES CH0SE:S" AT ANXrAI. MEETI^^GS. 45 

A. Wright and Benjamin F. Butler, Examining Committee in 
addition to Pastor and Deacons. Luther A. Wright was con- 
firmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. Report of Sam- 
uel Small, treasurer, was as follows : Amount received for 
church and Sabbath School, including balance on hand, 
$2,721.44; amount expended, $2,582.87; balance to new 
account, $138.57. 

January 7, 1867. Samuel Small was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Dea. Thomas H. Demond was elected Deacon to 
serve for four years. Luther A. Wright, Auditor. Paul Cur- 
tis, J. M. Read, Benjamin F. Butler and Luther A. Wright, 
Examining Committee in addition to Pastor and Deacons. 
Luther A. Wright was confirmed as Superintendent of Sab- 
bath School. Report of Samuel Small, treasurer, was as fol- 
lows : Amount received by the church and Sabbath School, 
and including balance on hand, $2,797.64; total expenditures, 
$2,640.91; balance cash on hand, $156.73, 

January 6, 1868. Samuel Small was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Dea. Joseph Robbins was elected Deacon for 
four years. Luther A. Wright, Auditor. Paul Curtis, J. M. 
Read, Benj. F. Butler and Luther A. Wright, Examining 
Committee in addition to Pastor and Deacons. Luther A. 
Wright was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 
Report of Samuel Small is as follows : Amount received for 
church and Sabbath School, $2,513.64: amount expended, 
$2,331.82; balance cash on hand, $181.82. 

January 4. 1869. Samuel Small was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Luther A. Wright was chosen Auditor. Paul 
Curtis, B. F. Butler, J. M. Read and Luther A. Wright with 
the Pastor and Deacons as Examining Committee. Samuel 
Small was elected Deacon for four years. Nelson Curtis was 
confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. Report of 
Samuel Small, treasurer, was as follows: Amount collected 
for church and Sabbath School, including balance from last 
year, $1,357.84: amount expended, $1,207.95; leaving a bal- 
ance of $149.89 to new account. 



46 OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

January 3, 1870. Samuel Small was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Dea. E. S. Lawrence was elected as Deacon for 
four years. Luther A. Wright, Paul Curtis, Wm. H. Delano 
and Isaac N. Lothrop, with Pastor and Deacons as Examin- 
ing Committee. Luther A. Wright, Auditor. Nelson Curtis 
was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. Report 
of Samuel Small, treasurer, was as follows: Total amount 
cash, including balance of old account, received, $2,086.96; 
total amount expended, $2,148.66; balance due treasurer, 
$61.70. 

Feb. 28, 1870. Samuel Small resigned as Clerk and Treas- 
urer, also as Deacon. 

March 7, 1870. A. C. Adams was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. L N. Lothrop was chosen Deacon. 

January 2, 187 1. A. C. Adams was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. L. A. Wright, Auditor. Dea. Thos. D. Demond 
was elected Deacon to serve for four years. L. A. Wright, 
Paul Curtis and W. H. Delano, with Pastor and Deacons, 
Examining Committee. Nelson Curtis was confirmed as 
Superintendent of Sabbath School. Report of treasurer 
omitted on record. 

Oct. 30, 187 1. Orlando W. Dimick was elected Deacon 
for two years. 

January i, 1872. A. C. Adams was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Dea. Joseph Robbins was elected Deacon for 
four years. T. D. Demond, Auditor. Wm. Bushnell, Paul 
Curtis, Wm. H. Delano, Ephraim Brock and D. A. Gregory, 
Examining Committee, in addition to Pastor and Deacons. 
Isaac N. Lothrop was confirmed Superintendent of Sabbath 
School. Report of treasurer was omitted from the records. 

October 28, 1872. A. C. Adams resigned his offices as 
Clerk and Treasurer and Mr. J. H. S. Pearson was chosen to 
fill the vacancy. 

January 6, 1873. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Dea. Isaac N. Lothrop was elected Deacon for 



OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 47 

four years. W. H. Delano, Wm. Bushnell, Ephraim Brock, 
Wm. Goodman and W. H. Fredson, Examining Committee 
in addition to Pastor and Deacons. John S. White, Jr., 
Auditor. I. N. Lothrop was confirmed as Superintendent of 
Sabbath School. 

January 5, 1874. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Dea. O. W. Dimick was elected Deacon for four 
years. Thos. D. Demond, Auditor. Wm. Bushnell, C. E. 
Whittemore, Wm. Goodman, R. W. Hilliard and J. H. S. 
Pearson, Examining Committee in addition to Pastor and 
Deacons. 

Feb. 23, 1874. I. N. Lothrop was confirmed as Superin- 
tendent of Sabbath School. 

January, 1875. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Thos. D. Demond, Deacon for four years. Thos. 
D. Demond, Auditor. Wm. Goodman, J. H. S. Pearson, 
R. W. HiUiard, J. Richardson, C, E. Whittemore, Examining 
Committee in addition to Pastor and Deacons. I. N. Lothrop 
was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

January 3, 1876. J. H. S. Pearson elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Joseph Robbins was elected Deacon for four 
years. Thos. D. Demond, Auditor. John S. White, C. E. 
Whittemore, Wm. Goodman, R. W. Hilliard, J. Richardson, 
John H. S. Pearson, Examining Committee in addition to 
Pastor and Deacons. I. N. Lothrop was confirmed as Super- 
intendent of Sabbath School. 

January i, 1877. J. H. S. Pearson elected Clerk and Treas- 
urer. Isaac N. Lothrop was elected Deacon for four years. 
C. E. Whittemore, Wm. Goodman, E Brock, J. H. S. Pear- 
son, Examining Committee in addition to Pastor and Dea- 
cons. Thos. D. Demond, Auditor. Isaac N. Lothrop was 
confirmed Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

January 7, 1878. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Frank E. Dimick, Deacon for four years to take 
place of O. W. Dimick whose term of office expired and who 



48 OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

had removed from this locality. C. E. Whittemore, Wm. 
Goodman, Ephraim Brock and J. H. S. Pearson as Examin- 
ing Committee, in addition to Pastor and Deacons. I. N. 
Lothrop was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

January 6, 1879. J. H. S. Pearson elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Dea. Thos. D. Demond was elected Deacon for 
four years. Thos. D. Demond, Auditor. C. E. Whittemore, 
Wm. Goodman, J. H. S. Pearson, Paul Bailey, Examining 
Committee in addition to Pastor and Deacons. Frank E. 
Dimick was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

January 6, 1880. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Thos. D. Demond, Auditor. Joseph Robbins, 
Deacon for four years. Wm. Goodman, C. E. Whittemore, 
J. Richardson and J. H. S. Pearson, Examining Committee in 
addition to Pastor and Deacons. For Superintendent of 
Sabbath School Frank E. Dimick was confirmed as such. 

January 3, 188 1. Lyman F. Gooch was elected Treasurer 
and Clerk. Charles E. Whittemore, Deacon to serve till Jan- 
uary, 1884. Mrs. T. D. Demond, Mrs. Flora E. Pierce, Mrs. 
C. E. Whittemore, Miss Isabella Weston, Deaconesses for 
one year. Wm. B. Lovejoy, Wm. Goodman, Lyman F. 
Gooch and J. Richardson, Examining Committee in addition 
to Pastor, Deacons and Deaconesses. I. N. Lothrop was 
chosen Auditor. F. E. Dimick was confirmed as Superin- 
tendent of Sabbath School. 

January 2, 1882. Lyman F. Gooch was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Frank E. Dimick, Deacon for four years. For 
Deaconesses, Mrs. T. D. Demond, Mrs. Flora E. Pierce, 
Mrs. C. E. Whittemore, Miss Isabella Weston. Frank E. 
Dimick was confirmed as Superintendent of the Sabbath 
School. Wm. Goodman, Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. Richardson, 
L. F. Gooch, Examining Committee in addition to Pastor, 
Deacons and Deaconesses. I. N. Lothrop, Auditor. 

January i, 1883. Eugene A. Josselyn elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Dea. T. D. Demond was elected Deacon for four 



OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 49 

years. Wm. H. Fredson, Wm. Goodman, J. H. S. Pearson, 
E. A. Josselyn, Examining Committee in addition to Pastor, 
Deacons and Deaconesses. Mrs. T. D. Demond, Mrs. Flora 
E. Pierce, Mrs. C. E. Whittemore and Miss Isabella Weston, 
Deaconesses for one year. I. N. Lothrop, Auditor. J. \V. 
Robbins was confirmed Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

February 9, 1883. An adjourned meeting from annual 
meeting. Voted, That two additional Deacons be elected, one 
for six years and one for five years and that hereafter deacons 
be elected for the term of six years. Voted, That in the 
Standing Rules of the Church page 8, line 5, the word six 
be substituted for the word four. J. H. S. Pearson was 
elected for six years. Dana B. Gove was elected for five years. 

Sept. 28, 1883. Eugene A. Josselyn resigned the offices of 
Clerk and Treasurer and J. H. S. Pearson was elected to fill 
the vacancy. 

January 7, 1884. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Mrs. T. D. Demond, Mrs. Flora E. Pierce, Mrs. 
C. E. Whittemore and Miss Isabella G. Weston, Deaconesses 
for ensuing year. Wm. Goodman. A. D. Mansfield. J. W. 
Robbins, G. E. James, Examining Committee in addition to 
Pastor, Deacons and Deaconesses. I. N. Lothrop, Auditor. 
J. W. Robbins was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath 
School. 

February i, 1884. J- William Robbins was elected Deacon 
for six years and A\'illiam B. Lovejoy for five years. 

January 12, 1885. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk 
and Treasurer. Isaac N. Lothrop was elected Deacon for 
six years. Samuel H. Holbrook Deacon for three years to 
fill vacancy caused by resignation of Dea. C. E. Whittemore. 
Voted, That the number of Deaconesses now being four be 
increased to six. Mrs. T. D. Demond, Mrs. Flora M. Pierce, 
Mrs. C. E. Whittemore, Miss Isabella G. Weston, Mrs. Wm. 
Goodman, Mrs. Ada Sturtevant, were chosen. Wm. Good- 
man, A. D. Mansfield, George E. James, J. W. Robbins in 



50 OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

addition to Pastor, Deacons and Deaconesses, Examining 
Committee. C. E. Ensworth, Auditor. J. W. Robbins was 
confirmed as Superintendent of the Sabbath School. 

January 13, 1886. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Mrs. Martha E. S. Demond, Mrs. Wm. Good- 
man, Mrs. Flora M. Pierce, Mrs. C. E. Whittemore, Mrs. 
Josie S. Pearson, Mrs. Ada Sturtevant were elected Deacon- 
esses for the ensuing year. Wm. Goodman, A. D. Mansfield, 
J. W. Robbins, George E. James, Examining Committee in 
addition to Pastor, Deacons and Deaconesses. C. P. Ens- 
worth, Auditor for the year. Wm. B. Lovejoy, A. D. Mans- 
field and Wm. Rhodes, Committee on Mission Work on the 
Fourth Section. J. W. Robbins was confirmed as Superin- 
tendent of Sabbath School. 

January 17, 1887. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Joseph W. Robbins was elected Deacon for six 
years. Mrs. Martha E. S. Demond, Mrs. Wm. Goodman, 
Mrs. S. H. Holbrook, Mrs. J. H. S. Pearson, Mrs. C. E. 
Whittemore and Miss S. E. Maud Foltz, Deaconesses for the 
ensuing year. Wm. Goodman, Geo. E. James, John Weston, 
R. J. P. Goodwin, Examining Committee in addition to Pas- 
tor, Deacons and Deaconesses. F. E. Dimick, Auditor. 
Frank E. Dimick confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath 
School. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins, Geo. H. Packard, 
Committee on Mission Work on Fourth Section. Geo. H. 
Packard was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School 
on Fourth Section. 

February 23, 1888. Elmer H. Allen was elected Treas- 
urer and Clerk. Mrs. Martha E. S. Demond, Mrs. Wm. Good- 
man, Mrs. C. E. Whittemore, Miss S. E. Maud Foltz, Mrs. 
F. E. Dimick, Mrs. J. H. S. Pearson, Deaconesses for ensu- 
ing year. Wm. Goodman, Geo. E. James, John C. Weston, 
R. J. P. Goodwin, Examining Committee in addition to Pas- 
tor, Deacons and Deaconesses. Wm. B. Lovejoy, Geo. H. 
Packard and Joseph W. Robbins were elected as the Com- 
mittee in charge of the Chapel and Mission Work on the 



OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 51 

Fourth Section. F. E. Dimick was confirmed as Superinten- 
dent of Sabbath School. 

February 24, 1888. Miss S. E. Maud Foltz declined to 
serve as Deaconess and resignation accepted. 

February 4, 1889. Elmer H. Allen was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. J. H. S. Pearson was elected Deacon for six 
years. Mrs. Martha E. S. Demond, Mrs. Wm. Goodman, 
Mrs. C. E. Whittemore, Mrs. F. E. Dimick, Mrs. J. W. Rob- 
bins, Miss E. E. Hawley (to take place of Miss Foltz, re- 
signed,) Deaconesses. Wm. Goodman, George E. James, 
James R. Smith, Examining Committee in addition to Pas- 
tor, Deacons and Deaconesses. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. 
Robbins and F. J. Whilton, Committee in charge of Maverick 
Church Chapel and Mission Work on Fourth Section. Frank 
E. Dimick was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath 
School. Isaac N. Lothrop, Auditor. 

February 3, 1890. Elmer H. Allen was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. Wm. B. Lovejoy was elected Deacon for six 
years. Mrs. Martha E. S. Demond, Mrs. Wm. Goodman, 
Mrs. C. E. Whittemore, Mrs. J. W. Robbins, Mrs. F. E. 
Dimick, Miss E. E. Hawley, Deaconesses. Voted, That the 
term of service of one of the Deaconesses expire each year 
and in the order as above indicated as now chosen. I. N. 
Lothrop, Auditor for the ensuing year. Frank E. Dimick 
was confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. Wm. 
B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins, F. J. Whilton, Committee in 
charge of Maverick Church Chapel and Mission Work on 
the Fourth Section. 

March 2, 1891. Elmer H. Allen was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. I. N. Lothrop was elected Deacon for six years. 
I. N. Lothrop, Auditor. Mrs. F. E. Dimick, Mrs. Wm. 
Goodman and Mrs. C. E. Whittemore having resigned their 
offices of Deaconesses the following were elected to fill the 
vacancies : Miss Ellen Robbins for the term of six years, 
Mrs. Paul Bailey for the term of four years and Mrs. L. W. 
Field for the term of three years. Fred B. Lovejoy, George 



52 OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

E. James and E. P. Rust, Examining Committee in addition 
to Pastor, Deacons and Deaconesses. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. 
Robbins and F. J. Whilton as Committee in charge of the 
Maverick Church Chapel and Mission Work on the Fourth 
Section. F. E. Dimick was confirmed as Superintendent of 
Sabbath School. 

February i, 1892. Elmer H. Allen was elected Clerk and 
Treasurer. F. E. Dimick was elected Deacon for six years. 
Miss Emily E. Hawley was elected Deaconess for six years. 
Rev. J. E. Pillsbury, Geo. E. James, Fred B. Lovejoy, Exam- 
ining Committee in addition to Pastor, Deacons and Dea- 
conesses. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins, Committee in 
charge of Maverick Church Chapel and Mission Work on 
Fourth Section. I. N, Lothrop, Auditor. F. E. Dimick was 
confirmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

February 12, 1892. J. Willard Brown was elected Deacon 
for unexpired term ending 1894. 

Annual meeting February 13, 1893. Lawrence S. James 
was elected Clerk and Treasurer. J. W. Robbins was elected 
Deacon for six years. Mrs. J. W. Robbins, Deaconess for 
six years. Geo. E. James and Fred B. Lovejoy, Examining 
Committee in addition to Pastor, Deacons and Deaconesses. 
Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins, Committee in charge of 
Maverick Church Chapel and Mission Work on Fourth Sec- 
tion. 1. N. Lothrop, Auditor. Frank E. Dimick was con- 
firmed as Superintendent of Sabbath School. 

Annual meeting February 5, 1894. Lawrence S. James 
was re-elected Clerk and Treasurer. J. Willard Brown was 
re-elected Deacon for the term of six years. Mrs. L. W. 
Field was elected Deaconess for six years. George E. James, 
Elmer H. Allen and Charles S. Macfarland, Examining Com- 
mittee in addition to Pastor, Deacons and Deaconesses. 
Frank E. Dimick was confirmed as Superintendent of Sab- 
bath School. Wm. B. Lovejoy, Chairman, J. W. Robbins 
and Elmer H. Allen, members of the Committee in charge of 



OFFICEKS CHOSEX AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 53 

Maverick Church Chapel and Mission Work on the Fourth 
Section. Dea. I. X. Lothrop, Auditor. 

Voted, The Pastor. Superintendent of the Sabbath School, 
Mrs. M. A. McField and Mrs. D. A. Gregory were appointed 
as a Board of Governors of the Sabbath School. 

Voted, The Pastor, Dea. F. E. Dimick. Dea. J. H. S. 
Pearson and Mrs. E. ]M. ^McPherson be a Committee to 
approve and hang pictures. 

Voted. Tliat the Committee on Church Benevolences be 
Dea. J. \V. Robbins. Chairman. George I. Colesworthy. Mrs. 
A. L. Adams, Mrs. E. H. Allen. Miss Lillian Wilkins.' 

Voted, That the Committee to greet and introduce strang- 
ers and new members be Dea. L X. Lothrop, chairman. E. T. 
Packard. J. A. Cochran. Thomas Whiteford, Mary E. Fales. 
Emily E. Hawley. Mrs. M. A. McField. Mrs. Paul Bailey, 
Mrs. Charles Ensworth. ]\Iiss Helen M. Burrows. 

Voted, That the Committee to revise the Roll of the 
Church and confer with the absent members be Fred'k W. 
Brown, chairman, Lawrence S. James, ^Irs. Louisa H, Fogg, 
Miss Emma Knowles. Mrs. Belle Ensworth. 

Voted, That the Committee on Church Prayer Meetings 
be Dea. J. Willard Brown, chairman, Geo. E. James, Gertrude 
Plummer, ]\lary F. Robbins, ^Irs. Mary S. Anderson. 

Voted, That the Committee on Church Mission AVork be 
Dea. Wm. B. Lovejoy, chairman. Dea. J. H. S. Pearson. Mrs. 
G. I. Colesworthy, Mrs. R. F. Hahn. ?vliss Alice \V. Brown. 

Voted, That the Committee to investigate and report on 
the condition of the church, its various societies and upon 
the standing of these Bodies be Dea. J. H. S. Pearson, chair- 
man, S. R. Main, Miss Clara Robbins, Miss Mary F. Bow- 
ker and Mrs. J. Som-ersby. 

March 2, 1894. Voted. That the following persons con- 
stitute a Committee to nominate an Advisor}^ Committee of 
not less than Five ladies and Five gentlemen not necessarily 



54 OFFICEKS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

church members but interested in the church to take charge 
of any entertainment connected with it committed to it by 
any society connected with the church, to simpHfy our work 
and to give large opportunities for service to many who 
would esteem it a privilege to work with the church. 

March i6, 1894. The Committee appointed March 2, 
1894, to report the names of a Committee to act as an 
Advisory Committee reported as follows and were chosen on 
such Committee : Mr. T. B. Grimes, Dea. J. Willard Brown, 
Mr. Elmer H. Allen, Mr. Carl Pierce, Mr. Charles A. Clark, 
Miss Mary Fales, Mrs. Josie Pearson, Mrs. Dora Thatcher, 
Miss L. Gertrude Plummer, Mrs. L. A. Drowne. 

June 8, 1894. The following vote was passed. Voted, 
That a Committee of Five be appointed consisting of Dea, 
Wm. B. Lovejoy as chairman, Mr. Frederick W. Brown, Mrs. 
W. H. Ensworth, Mrs. Louisa H. Fogg and Miss Emma 
Knowles, to prepare and publish a manual of this church to 
contain : 

First, The list of Church Officers, the Organizations with 
their officers for the year 1894. 

Second, A brief history of the church and Pastors installed 
and dismissed from its organization to the First of July, 1894. 

Third, The Confessions of Faith, Articles of the Cove- 
nant and By-Laws with the several revisions and alterations. 

Fourth, A chronological index of the admissions and re- 
movals of members of the church. 

Fifth, A historical account of the officers of the church 
appointed at its annual and other meetings, permanently or 
to fill vacancies. 

Sixth, A brief history of the foundation of the mission 
work and its success. 

Seventh, A detailed account of the Fiftieth Anniversary 
of the organization of the church. 

Eighth, An alphabetical list of the present members of the 
church and their residences, and such other matter as may 
be deemed expedient by said Committee. 



OFFICERS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 55 

That said Committee are authorized to fix a price on the 
same and cause the same to be sold to any who may desire 
to purchase and to apply the proceeds thereof to the pay- 
ment so far as possible to pay the expenses incurred in the 
publishing thereof. 



% Coiibenscb Jistora of tjjt Saliktjj Stljool 



FROM ITS ORGANIZATION. 



In 1835, ^ f^w christian friends feeling the importance of 
securing religious instruction for the children of East Boston, 
met together to consider the subject ; and as the result, a 
Sabbath School was gathered in a house on the corner of 
Meridian and Trenton streets. Mrs. Haynes and Miss Eliza 
Pierce were among the first teachers. During the same sea- 
son, some of the boarders at the Maverick House collected a 
few children in a small school-house which stood just west of 
the hotel, on Paris street ; but this school was not continued 
through the winter. In the spring of 1836, the Maverick 
Church was organized at the house of Aaron Ordway ; a 
chapel was soon after erected on Maverick street, and was 
opened for public worship on the first Sabbath of July, and 
the Maverick Sunday School was then organized. This was 
earlier by about four years than the establishment of any 
other school on the island. 

Dea. Aaron Ordway was chosen the first superintendent 
and held the office three years. Miss Lamson (now Mrs. 
Bowker), Mr. Johnson and Mr. Butler were among the 
first teachers. 

Increase S. Hill was elected superintendent, and entered 
on the duties of his office Sept. 25th, 1839. On the next 
Sabbath a Bible class was organized and became an impor- 
tant feature of the school; average attendance, about 100. 

Sept. 17th, 1841, Saml. W. Hall was chosen superintend- 
ent, and held the office three years ; average attendance 
about 125. 



A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 57 

Joseph Robbins was elected superintendent September, 
1844, and continued in office five and one-lialf years, to the 
close of 1849. During this term an infant department was 
formed and held its sessions in the middle vestry. Mrs. 
Tomlinson (now Mrs. Leach) was appointed superintendent 
and labored faithfully for seven years. This was one of the 
most interesting and useful features of the school ; the chil- 
dren were formed into classes, and provided with teachers. 
The attendance was often over loo. The average attendance 
of the whole school increased from 125 to about 250 in these 
five years. 

The record says, "Jan. 20th, 1850, Mr. Robbins closed his 
labors as superintendent, and was succeeded by Thos. D. 
Demond." 

Under his superintendence the school continued to in- 
crease in members and interest, and the vestries were often 
crowded, and the interests of the school suffered for want of 
room. So far as we can gather from the records, the num- 
ber belonging was about 420, and the average attendance 
270. 

1852 was a year of great religious interest in the school. 
Early in the year, the teachers established a meeting to pray 
for the spiritual prosperity of the school, which was fully at- 
tended ; a deep interest was soon manifested ; the scholars 
of their own accord, began to attend the meetings until the 
room would not hold them and they then met in the large 
vestry which was soon crowded. Meetings for inquiry and 
religious instruction were held at the house of the pastor. 
Rev. Rufus W. Clark, forty or fifty of the older pupils being 
present; the pastor was assisted by some of the members of 
the church and those meetings will long be remembered by 
all who attended them. There were sixty hopeful conver- 
sions and during that year fifty of the pupils united with the 
church, and to-day many of them are worthy and influential 
members of this and other churches. In the last two years 
of Mr. Demond's superintendence several adult Bible classes 



58 A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 

were formed which held their sessions in the upper part of 
the house. 

In 1856, Mr. S. N. Stockwell was chosen superintendent, 
and served two years with great acceptance. Mr. Geo. E. 
James was assistant superintendent. The school was at this 
time divided; the older pupils going into the body of the 
house. This was called the Senior department; those re- 
maining in the vestry, the Junior department; those in the 
middle vestry the Infant department. For these two years, 
the whole number belonging averaged 520. Average attend- 
ance 366. Average amount of money raised $239. Number 
of conversions in the two years 19. 

Mr. John P. Averill was superintendent in 1859 and i860, 
Mr. Geo. W. Merritt assistant superintendent. For the two 
years the average number belonging was 596. Average at- 
tendance 405. Number of conversions 16. 18 united with 
the church. Amount of money raised $420. 

Wm. H. Ward was chosen superintendent in i860, and 
again in 186 1, but served only a portion of the year, resign- 
ing his office and giving up his situation in the public schools 
to enter the army, enlisting with the nine months men. Dur- 
ing this period, the average whole number belonging was 
566. Average attendance 430. Number of conversions 8. 

Mr. L. A. Wright was chosen superintendent in 1862, and 
held the office seven years. This was a period of great pros- 
perity to the school, its numbers greatly increased and its 
general interests carried forward successfully. 

Average belonging for the seven years 685. Average at- 
tendance 450. Number of conversions about 90. Average 
amount of money raised by the school $542. Largest amount 
in any one year (1864) ^729. In 1862, 22 from the school 
enlisted in the army, two of whom were killed in battle, and 
several were wounded. In 1864, twelve enlisted with the 
troops called out for one hundred days. 

About 1856 a large juvenile choir was formed composed of 
about one hundred members of the school, which was sus- 



A COIJDENSKD HISTORY OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 59 

tained for more than ten years. It was successively under 
the charge and skilful training of Miss Julia Harlow, Miss 
Susie Lindsay, Miss Adelaide L. Lovejoy and Mrs. Frost, the 
present organist of the church. This choir contributed very 
largely to the prosperity of the school, and particularly to the 
interest manifested therein. Concerts were often crowded 
so that at times many who came went away, being unable 
to obtain even standing room in the house; many came 
from the city for the sake of the music. 

Mr. Nelson Curtis was elected superintendent in 1869, and 
served one year and J. Clark Read was chosen assistant 
superintendent, and served three years. Mr. L. A. Wright 
again took charge of the school in 1870 and again in 187 1, 
serving about seven months, when the pastor. Rev. D. W. 
Waldron, took charge to the end of the year. 

In 1872, Mr, I. N. Lothrop was elected superintendent, 
and has just been re-elected for the second time. Mr. J. H. 
S. Pearson was elected assistant superintendent in 1872 and 
has also continued to fill the office to the present time. 

In i860, Mrs. Bowker, who had formerly had an interest- 
ing class and given it up on account of illness, again con- 
sented to take charge of a Bible class at a time when the 
society was without a pastor and it was felt to be necessary 
to make unusual effort to keep the school together. A class 
of 75 or 80 ladies was gathered, many of whom were parents 
of the children in the school ; from that time to the present 
it has been continued without abatement of interest and 
oftentimes the number who would attend has been limited 
only by the size of the room. 

There has been a Bible class for young men, connected 
with the school for a long time, and during the last few years 
it has enjoyed the instruction of Mrs. Dr. Foltz, and is at 
present well attended. There is also a class for adult males, 
taught by Dr. Bushnell. 

This Sunday School has always been large as compared 
with the Sabbath congregation; and at one time was the larg- 



60 A CONDENSED HISTOJRY OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 

est in the city. The church has always manifested a deep 
interest in its prosperity. 

A few years since, by a conjuncture of depressing circum- 
stances its numbers were lessened, but they have been in- 
creased during the past year, and under its present efficient 
corps of officers and teachers it gives promise of speedily re- 
gaining its former position as to numbers and usefulness. 

July 12, 1874. The last session of the School was held in 
the Maverick Square Church and by invitation of the Cen- 
tral Square Baptist Church, occupied their rooms during the 
building of the new church, commencing Sept. 6, 1874. 

1875. School has been organized 40 years. Held first 
session in new church in November. 

Superintendent, I. N. Lothrop. 
Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearson. 
Secretary, G. I. Colesworthy. 
Assistant Secretary, Luther Drown. 
Treasurer, J. H. S. Pearson. 
Primary Department, Miss Mary E. Fales. 
Belonging to the school, 535. Average for the year, 312. 
Largest number present, 400. 

1876. Same officers for this year. 

Average for the year, 296. Largest number present, 405. 
Additions to the church, 28. 

Was a year of considerable religious interest, during which 
time there were twenty-eight conversions. There also oc- 
curred the sad accident that will never be forgotten by 
Sabbath School and Church in which three loved members 
were drowned at Centre Harbor at one time. George De- 
mond, J. Herbert Foltz and Miss Jessie Pierce. 

1877. Same officers for this year. 

Was marked by the death of Wm. M. Lovejoy, a member 
of the school for ten years, most of the time as teacher. A 
young man promising in all those qualifications which go to 
make up a useful manhood. A genial disposition, his pres- 
ence was a delight to all who enjoyed his acquaintance. 



A CONDENSED HISTOEY OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 61 

He was active in all matters of Church and Sabbath School. 

1878. Closing of Dea. I. N. Lothrop's term of 7 years 
service. 

Resolutions were passed and framed. 

Average attendance for the year, 267. Largest number 
present, 377. Additions to the church, 3. 

1879. 

Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 
Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearson. 
Secretary, J. M. C. Murphy. 
Treasurer, G. I. Colesworthy. 

Average for the year, 286. Largest number present, 370. 
Additions to the church, 7. 

1880. Anniversary concert was omitted to give place to 
special religious meetings held at that time. 

Severing of our Pastor's connections early in the year, 
moving to the far west, being without a leader four months. 

Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 

Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearson. 

Secretary and Treasurer, G. L Colesworthy. 

Largest number present, 380. Average attendance, 295, 
Additions to the church, 7. 

1881 — 1882. Mr. Barrows closes his labors October 16, 
1881. 

$500 at this time was pledged by the Sunday School 
toward the church debt. 

. No report of the Ladies' Bible Class, Mrs. Albert Bowker, 
Teacher, the first blank for 19 years. Suspension of work 
was caused by sickness in the family. 

Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 

Assistant Superintendent. J. H. S. Pearson. 

Secretary and Treasurer, G. I. Colesw^orthy. 

Primary Department, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. S. Pearson. 

Average for 188 1, 321. Additions to the church, 6. 

Average for 1882, 299. Additions to the church, 2. 



62 A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 

1883. Change in officers. 

Mr. Dimick retires from service of four years. 

Mr. Pearson having been identified with the school as As- 
sistant Superintendent, Chorister and Teacher 19 years. 

Officers for 1883. 

Superintendent, J. W. Robbins. 

Assistant Superintendent, E. L. Bradford. 

Secretary and Treasurer, Elmer H. Allen. 

Belonging to the school, 565. Average attendance, 319. 

The Primary Department under the management of 
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. S. Pearson. Numbers at this term was 
200. Deacon Pearson has been identified with the school 
as teacher and chorister for twenty-three years. Most ef- 
ficient in each and faithful in all. 

1884. Officers the same. 

Belonging to the school, 523. Average attendance, 313. 
Additions to the church, 8. 

No records 1885— 1886. 

1887. June 12. Five and one-half months. 

Average for this time, 317. Additions to the church, 3. 

Officers for year ending May 31, 1889. 

Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 

Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearson. 

Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Juliette J. Pierce. 

June 3. At a meeting of the teachers, it was voted that a 
suitable present be procured for Mr. Pearson in recognition 
of his faithful services as an officer of the school for the past 
25 years. 

1887— 1888. 

Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 

Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearson. 

Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Juliette J. Pierce. 

Secretary and Treasurer, G. I. Colesworthy. 

Belonging to the school, 473. Average for the year, 275. 
Additions to the church, 12. 



A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 63 

1888 — 1889. Mr. Dimick, our Superintendent, very sick. 
Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 
Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearsox. 
Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Juliette J. Pierce. 
Secretary and Treasurer, G. I. Colesworthy. 
Belonging to the school, 495. Average for the year, 288. 
Additions to the church, 5. 

1889— 1890. 

Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 
Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearson. 
Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Juliette J. Pierce. 
Secretary and Treasurer, G. I. Colesworthy. 
Belonging to the school. 502. Average for the year, 315. 
Number additions to the church, 3. 

1890 — 1891. 55th Anniversary. 
Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 
Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearsox. 
Assistant Superintendent, ]Mrs. Juliette J. Pierce. 
Secretary and Treasurer, G. I. Colesworthy. 
Belonging to the school, 532, Average for the year, 312. 
Additions to the church, 17. 

1891 — 1892. 

Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 

Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearson. 

Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Juliette J. Pierce. 

Secretary and Treasurer, G. I. Colesworthy. 

Belonging to the school, 580. Average for the year, 347. 
Additions to the church, 6. Largest attendance any one 
Sunday this year, 419. 

1893. 

Superintendent, F. E. Dimick. 
Assistant Superintendent, J. H. S. Pearson. 
Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Juliette J. Pierce. 
Secretary and Treasurer, G. I. Colesworthy. 



64 A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 

Death of Mrs. Juliette J. Pierce, Assistant Superintendent, 
May 17, 1893. 

1894. Officers. See list of church officers for this year. 



^MDerintenbcuts of Siiblmtl) ^tljool. 



Aaron Ordway, 
Increase S. Hill, 
Samuel W. Hall, 
Joseph Robbins, 
Thos. D. Demond 
Stephen N. Stockwell 
John P. Averill, 
Wm. H. Ward, 
Luther A. Wright, 
Nelson Curtis, 
Isaac N. Lothrop, 
Frank E. Dimick, 
Joseph \Y. Robbins, 
Frank E. DmiCK, 



WHE^ 


ELECTED. 


EXPIRATION OF SERVI 






1836 






1839 


Jan. 


5, 


1841 


July 


25, 


1841 


July 


25, 


1841 


Jan. 


8, 


1845 


Jan. 


8, 


1845 


Jan. 


18, 


1850 


Jan, 


18, 


1850 


Jan. 


7. 


1856 


LL, Jan. 


7. 


1856 


Jan. 


3, 


^859 


Jan. 


3, 


1859 


Jan. 


7, 


1861 


Jan. 


7, 


1861 


Jan. 


6, 


1862 


Jan. 


6, 


1862 


Jan. 


4, 


1869 


Jan. 


4, 


1869 


Jan. 


I, 


1872 


Jan. 


I, 


1872 


Jan. 


6, 


1879 


Jan. 


6, 


1879 


Jan. 


I, 


1883 


Jan. 


I, 


1883 


Jan. 


17, 


1887 



Jan. 17, i< 



A CONDENSED HISTORY 



|®aUcm& pJaicrnal psscdafion. 



The first Maternal Association ever organized was in Port- 
land, Me., by Mrs. Dr. Edward Payson, April lo, 1815. The 
second one was connected with the Old South Church, Bos- 
ton, by Mrs. Huntington, pastor's wife, in 18 16. 

In May, 1837, the Christian mothers in E. Boston were 
greatly stirred by a sense of maternal responsibility and feel- 
ing the need of united prayer and mutual counsel called a 
meeting, which was addressed by Rev. W. W. Newell on the 
importance of securing unqualified obedience from the chil- 
dren by the mothers. 

This meeting was held in a private house — indeed there 
was no other place — with six mothers and eleven children, 
one a babe in the cradle, and Mr. Newell also spoke to the 
children upon the duty of obedience to parents. 

Their organization soon followed with 10 members; their 
president, Mrs. Dea. Ordway; secretary, Mrs. James Whiton. 
The society grew and prospered, and God added his blessing, 
mothers grew in grace, and children were converted. The 
afternoon of the first Wednesday of every month has been 
set apart exclusively for this meeting and once in three 
months the mothers have brought and still bring their chil- 
dren, the little ones reciting passages of Scripture and the 
elder a lesson in the Assembly Catechism. The pastor in the 
early days attended and conducted the quarterly meetings. 

A valuable library was added in 1846 which proved very 
useful. 



HISTORY OF MAVERICK MATERNAL ASSOCIATION. 67 

In 1848 Mrs. Albert Bowker was chosen president, which 
office she has held continuously, with the exception of one year, 
until this day — and to her constant and unremitting efforts, 
we wish to acknowledge our great indebtedness. In the 
winter of 185 1 there was deep seriousness among the chil- 
dren, good Mother Loomis gathering them to her house for 
prayer and instruction, Dr. Rufus W. Clark, who had just 
been settled as our pastor, feeling assurance that many of the 
tender ones were truly converted. Mrs. Clark's influence 
during the years which followed was helpful in every way; a 
lovely spiritually minded woman, whose heart was drawn to 
mothers and children, she led many near to the Saviour. 

Mrs. Dr. Bingham was another pastor's wife who contrib- 
uted largely to the interest of the Association, with her own 
large family, helping the mothers to feel her unity of interest 
with them in their cares and her strong desires for the con- 
version of the children. 

During the years of the war prayers were frequent and ear- 
nest, for many mothers gave their beloved sons for the wel- 
fare of the country and all hearts were united in praying for 
these dear ones and for our country's success. 

In 1872 the Maverick Rill was formed, a juvenile mission- 
ary society; president, Mrs. Bowker, and all other offices held 
by the children. This has been helpful in training children 
to habits of benevolence as well as to discharge the duties of 
the offices committed to their charge. During these years 
the children have raised about $300. The mothers have been 
interested in all the eft'orts made to meet the obligations of 
the Church debt and have often carried the burdens of the 
society to a prayer-hearing and prayer-answering God. Mrs. 
Hilton attended the meetings and contributed largely to 
their interest. 

Mrs. Barrows and Mrs. Twitchell were each here but a 
short time yet we know always they had an interest with us. 

A great variety of subjects has been presented during these 
years; in fact, any subject which in any way belonged to the 



68 HISTORY OF MAVERICK MATERNAL ASSOCIATION. 

welfare of our children has been considered suitable for dis- 
cussion and our president by her remarkable ability, her fine 
cultivation, her deep spirituality and unusual powers of ob- 
servation, has been an unsurpassed leader and officer. The 
mothers are held by special pledges to each other ; in case of 
death of a mother each other mother is bound to pray for 
these motherless children and use such influence as she may 
wisely that these children shall not forget early instruction or 
a mother's teachings. 

It is difficult to present an accurate account of the member- 
ship, but as nearly as can be estimated there are about 400 
names upon the books, and of these 112 are known to have 
deceased and there are many of whose residence we have no 
knowledge, while also many removing from this place like to 
consider themselves still members of the association and one 
with us in prayer and covenant. 

We held a twenty-fifth anniversary and previous to that 
time no child had died in whose death there had not been 
good ground for hope. There have been about 1,500 chil- 
dren connected with us and in them we have great joy ; sev- 
eral are ministers of the gospel, teachers and most useful 
men and women in all the avocations of life. This brief and 
imperfect record gives a faint idea of what this association is 
and has been in its influence upon the mothers of the church, 
opening their eyes to their own and their children's needs 
and enlarging views regarding the great work of bringing a 
world to Christ. 

H. E. M. FOLTS, Secy. 



[Supplemented by Mrs. E. A. James, present Secretary of the Maverick 
Maternal Association.] 

Since 1886 the general plan of the work of the Association 
has been the same as in former years. 

In 1889, Mrs. H. E. M. Folts, secretary of the Association 
for 37 years, was suddenly taken home to her heavenly 



HISTORY OF MAVEEICK MATEENAL ASSOCIATION. 69 

Father's presence. She was thoroughly devoted to the inter- 
ests of the Association and eminently fitted to be its secre- 
tary — always present, always ready to assist with her loving, 
spiritual words and earnest prayers — always presenting each 
month a full and faithful report. In her, each member had a 
personal friend. 

In December, 1891, on account of physical infirmities, 
Mrs. Albert Bowker felt obliged to resign her position as 
president. She was wonderfully and especially endowed for 
the duties of her office. Imperative necessity was the only 
cause that reconciled the Association to her resignation. 

In January, 1892, Mrs. Mary E. M. Field, an enthusiastic 
mother of the Association was unanimously chosen president 
— a position she fills with success and the Association is 
prospering under her guidance. 

The methods of work for children having changed, the 
quarterly meetings were discontinued. In February, 1892, 
the care of the Maverick Rill was transferred from the Mav- 
erick Maternal Association to the Madura Auxiliary; and 
early in 1894 a Junior Y. P. S. C. E. was formed by Mrs. Jo- 
seph Robinson, that is constantly increasing in numbers and 
in interest. 



70 PASTORS. 



Pastors. 

Rev. William W. Newell. 
Installed July 19, 1837. Dismissed July 21, 1841. 

Rev. Amos A. Phelps. 
Installed March 2, 1842. Dismissed June 2, 1845. 

Rev. Robert S. Hitchcock. 
Installed Nov. 18, 1846. Dismissed November 6, 1850. 

Rev: Rufus W. Clark, 
Installed Dec. 3, 185 1. Dismissed April 8, 1857. 

Rev. Thomas N. Haskell, 
Installed June 24, 1858. Dismissed March 5, 1862. 

Rev. Joel S. Bingham, 
Installed March 18, 1863. Dismissed September 6, 1870. 

Rev. Daniel W. Waldron, 
Acting Pastor, April 10, 187 1 to Nov, 18, 1872. 

Rev. John V. Hilton, 
Acting Pastor, April 28, 1873 to April i, 1880. 

Rev. John H. Barrows, 
Installed Dec. i, 1880. Dismissed September 28, 188 1. 

Rev. Justin E. Twitchell, D. D., 
Acting Pastor, Oct. 7, 1882, to May 15, 1885. 

Rev. Elijah Horr, D. D., 
Installed April 22, 1886. Dismissed June 19, 1893. 

Rev. Smith Baker, D. D., 
Installed Dec. 7, 1893. 



DEACOXS AXD DEACONESSES. 



71 





Deacons. 




WHEN ELECTED. 


Aarox Ordway, 


Oct. 31, 1837 


Samuel AV. Hall, 


Jan. I, 1839 


Joseph Robbixs, 


May 12, 1845 


WlLLL\M R. LOVEJOY, 


Aug. 4. 1845 


Thomas D. De.moxd. 


^lay 8, 1854 


E. S. Lawrexce, 


Aug. 27, 1855 


Nehemiah Merritt, 


Jan. 2, i860 


Samuel Small, Jr., 


Apr. 27, 1863 


Isaac X. Lothrop, 


Mar. 7. 1870 


Orlaxdo W. Dimick, 


Oct. 30, 1871 


Fraxk E. Dimick, 


Jan. 7, 1878 


Chas. E. Whittemore, 


Jan. 3, 1881 


J. H. S. Pearsox. 


Feb. 9. 1883 


Daxa B. Gove, 


Feb. 9. 1883 


J. William Robbixs. 


Feb. I. 1884 


William B. Lovejoy. 


Feb. I. 1884 


Samuel H. Holbrook 


, Jan. 12, 1885 


J. Willard Browx, 


Feb. 12, 1892 



EXPIRATION OF 
SERVICE. 



Oct. 27, 1845 Dismissed 

Apr. II. 1845 Dismissed 

1880 Deceased 

Jan. 12, i860 Dismissed 

1885 Deceased 

187 1 Deceased 

1865 Dismissed 

Feb. 28, 1870 Dismissed 

Jan. 7, 1878 Dismissed 

Jan. 2, 1882 Deceased 

Oct. 189 I Dismissed 

July 15. 1887 Dismissed 



Deaconesses. 





WHEN ELECTED. 


EXPIRATION OF SERVICE 


Mrs. T. D. Demoxd, 


Jan. 2, 


1882 








Mrs. Flor-\ M. Pierce, 


a 


a 


Jan. 


17. 


1887 


Mrs. C. E. Whittemore, 


li 


li 


Mar 


2, 


1891 


Miss Isabella Westox, 


a 


li 


Jan. 


13^ 


1886 


Mrs. Wm. Goodmax, 


Jan. 12, 


1885 


Mar 


2, 


1891 


Mrs. Ada Sturtevaxt, 


•• 


'• 


Jan. 


17. 


1887 


Mrs. Josie L. Pearsox, 


Jan. 13, 


1886 


Feb. 


3, 


1890 


Mrs. S. H. Holbrook, 


Jan. 17, 


1887 


July 


^5' 


1887 


Miss S. E. M. Foltz, 


" 


a 


Feb. 


24, 


1888 


Mrs. Frank E. Dimick, 


Feb. 23, 


1888 


Mar. 


2, 


1801 



72 



CLERKS OF THE CHURCH. 



WHEN ELECTED. 



Mrs. J. W. RoBBiNS, Feb. 4, 1889 

Miss E. E. Hawley, Feb. 3, 1890 

Miss Ellen M. Robbins, Mar. 2, 1891 

Mrs. Paul Bailey, " " 

Mrs. L. W. Field, ■ " 



Eleazer Johnson, 
Jacob Hayes, 
James M. Whiton, 
Aaron Ordway, 
Eleazer Johnson, 
B. H. Ordway, 
Aaron Ordway, 
Luther Hall, 
Joseph Robbins, 
F. C. Sweet, 
John H. Tomlinson, 
Joshua Clark, 
Luther A. Wright, 
Nelson Curtis, 
Samuel Small, Jr., 
A. C. A. Adams, 
J. H. S. Pearson, 
Lyman F. Gooch, 
Eugene A. Josselyn, 
J. H. S. Pearson, 
Elmer H. Allen, 
Lawrence S. James, 



Clerks. 



I 



WHE^ 


1 ELECTED. 


EXPIRATION OF SERVICE. 


May 


13, 


1836 


June 


31, 


1837 


June 


13. 


1837 


June 


15. 


1838 


June 


15. 


1838 


Jan. 


h 


1840 


Jan. 


7, 


1840 


Apr. 


17, 


1840 


May 


16, 


1840 


July 


13, 


1840 


July 


13. 


1840 


Oct. 


8, 


1841 


Oct. 


8, 


1841 


Jan. 


8, 


1845 


Jan. 


8, 


1845 


Jan. 


5, 


1846 


Jan. 


5- 


1846 


May 


4, 


1846 


May 


4, 


1846 


Jan. 


h 


1850 


Jan. 


h 


1850 


Jan. 


4, 


1858 


Jan. 


4, 


1858 


Jan. 


2, 


i860 


Jan. 


2, 


i860 


Jan. 


7, 


1861 


Jan. 


7, 


1861 


Jan. 


6, 


1862 


Jan. 


6, 


1862 


Feb. 


28, 


1870 


Mar. 


7, 


1870 


Oct. 


28, 


1872 


Oct. 


28, 


1872 


Jan. 


3. 


1881 


Jan. 


3. 


1882 


Jan. 


I, 


1883 


Jan. 


I, 


1883 


Sept. 


28, 


1883 


Sept. 


28, 


1883 


Feb. 


23, 


1888 


Feb. 


23, 


1888 


Feb. 


13. 


1893 


Feb. 


13. 


1893 


In Office 





(Bffittts 0f iljB C^urclj 

AND ITS ORGANIZATIONS. 
I 



Pastor. 
Rev. smith BAKER, D. D. 



DEACONS. 






term 


expires 


February, 1897. 


" 


a 


" 1896. 


- 


li 


1899. 


" 


a 


" 1898. 


- 


a 


1895. 


" 


ii 


" 1900. 


ACONESSES. 






term 


expires 


February, 1895. 


" 


" 


" 1900. 


- 


u 


" 1896. 


- 


u 


1899. 


- 


a 


" 1898. 


" 


a 


1897. 



Isaac N. Lothrop, - 

WiLLAM B. LOVEJOY, 

Joseph W. Robbins, 
Frank E. Dimick, 
J. H. S. Pearson, 
J. WiLLARD Brown, - 

DE 

Mrs. Paul Bailey, - 
Mrs. Loretta W. Field, 
Mrs. M. E. S. Demond, 
Mrs. J. W. Robbins, 
Miss E. E. Hawley, 
Miss E. M. Robbins, 



CLERK. 

Lawrence S. James. 

treasurer. 

Lawrence S. James. 

AUDITOR. 

Dea. I. N. Lothrop. 

Examining committee. 

The Pastor, Deacons, Deaconesses, and 
Geo. E. James, Elmer H. Allen, Chas. S. Macfarland. 



Patrmcfe ^a66ai^ ^1^00! 



Meets Sunday at 12 M. 



BOARD OF GOVERNORS. 

The Pastor, Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, 
Superintendent of the Primary Department, Secretary and 
Treasurer, Mrs. M. A. McField and Mrs. Daniel A. Gregory. 



Superintendent, 

I St Ass't Superintendent, 

2d Ass't Superintendent, 

Supt. Primary Dept. 

Ass't Supt. Primary Dept. 

Secretary and Treasurer, 

Ass't Secretary, 

Librarian, 

I. St Ass't Librarian, - 

2d Ass't Librarian,. - 

Pianist, - . - 



Dea. Frank E. Dimick. 
Dea. J. H. S. Pearson. 
Mrs. Grace C. Lambert. 
Miss Hannah F. Crafts. 
Miss Carrie E. Greenwood. 
George I. Colesworthy. 
WiNSLOw S. Pearson. 
Alfred E. Wellington. 
Harry B. Wellington. 
Osborne H. Pitcher. 
Eleanor F. Morse. 



(rang ^toplt's Sotittg of Christian €iikakr. 



Meets Sunday at 6.15 P. n. 



COMMITTEE ON PART OF THE CHURCH. 

Dea. F. E. Dimick, Chairman; Joseph Robbins, Winslow 
S. Pearson, Jessie L. Adams, Alfred L. Lovejoy, Ada L. 
Wells. 

Officers ex-Officio. 

The Pastor, Rev. Smith Baker, D. D., and the Superin- 
tendent of the Sabbath School, Dea. F. E. Dimick. 

President, _ . . . Lawrence S. James. 

Vice-President, - - - Geo. W. Soule. 

Recording Secretary, - - Carrie E. Greenwood. 

Corresponding Secretary, - Jessie L. Adams. 

Treasurer, _ _ - _ Ernest M. Cromwell. 

COMMITTEES. 

Prayer Meeting. — Frederick W. Brown, chairman; Jennie 
M. Purchase, Millie G. Farwell, Jessie L. Adams, Carrie E. 
Burns. 

Lookout. — Emily E. Hawley, chairman ; Minnie L Smith, 
Lillie L. Cochran, Edith F. Guild, Ethel C. Brown. 

Social. — Mabel F. Wilkins, chairman ; Mary F. Robbins, 
Mrs. Belle Ensworth, Mrs. Rena F. Sumner, Geo. W. Soule. 

Missionary. — Mrs. E. H. Allen, chairman; Walter F. 
Adams, Winslow S. Pearson, Charles A. Clark, Inez B. 
Perkins. 

Music. — Carl Pierce, chairman ; Nina F. Soule, Ada L. 
Wells, Eva L. Guild, Cora E. Watts. 

Sessions discontinued during July and August. 



J \J N I O R 

^Duttg ^enple'^ ^otitt^^ of iKi)tistian ©ntreatjor* 



Meets Tuesday at 4.30 P. M. 



Superintendent, - - - Mrs. J. M. Robinson. 

Ass't Superintendent, - - Lillie L. Cochran. 

President, _ _ _ _ Charles A. Anderson. 

Vice-President, - - - Hattie M. Hodgkins. 

Secretary, . - - - Grace M. Plummer. 

Treasurer, - - - - Arthur H. Lampher. 

COMMITTEES. 

Lookout. — Grace M. Plummer, chairman ; Hattie M. 
Hodgkins, Etta Meyer, Bertie Gallant, Alvin E. Home. 

Prayer Meeting. — Lillie L. Cochran, chairman ; Winifred 
Burg, Alida J. Ellis, Walter Auld, Walter P. Plummer. 

Social. — Annie M. Wilcox, chairman ; Louisa Gallant, 
Olga R. Carl, James Baird, Albert Reaves. 

Music. — Mabel Adams, chairman; Fred. H. Lewis, Laura 
Bailey, Mamie C. Roskilly, Arthur Lampher. 

Flower. — Laura J. Black, chairman ; Annie Larsen, Mar- 
ion L. Hinds, Walter A. Roberts, Marcus Ensworth. 



PaUgricIt llafBrnal pssociaiion. 



Meets first Wednesday of each month at 3 P. M. 



Honorary President, - - Mrs. Albert Bowker. 

President, _ _ _ - Mrs. M. A. McField. 

^j. ^ .. ^ ( Mrs. L. W. Field. 

Vice-Presidents, - - - | Mrs. S. E. Delano. 

Secretary, _ - _ _ Mrs. G. E. James. 

Mrs. M. E. Demond. 



Subject Committee, - - , -<J Mrs. M. S. Anderson. 

Mrs. F. E. Dimick. 
Librarian, - - . - - Mrs. Flora Pierce. 

Delegate to Union Maternal Association, The Secretary. 



atrwra l^miliarg 

OF 

WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS, 



Meets second Tuesday of each month at 3 P. M. 



President, - _ _ . Mrs. Elmer H. Allen. 

Vice-President, - - - Mrs. George E. James. 

Secretary, _ _ _ . Mrs. Grace E. Gilman. 

Treasurer, - _ _ . Miss Mary E. Fales. 



abcrith Cl^ttrc^ ^ss0i:mti0n, 



Meets at the cal! of the President. 



President, - 

Vice-Presidents, 

Secretary, - 
Treasurer, - 



Mrs. L. W. Field. 
Mrs. J. W. RoBBiNS. 
Miss Ellen M. Robbins. 
Miss Hannah F. Crafts. 
Mrs. a. L. Adams. 



f 00kut Ciixle, J\mp Jawg^ttri 



President, 



Mrs. Grace C. Lambert. 



Maberick Bill liibeiiile Mission Cirrle. 



C^J* 



Meets first Saturday of each month at 3 P. M. 



Honorary President, 
President, 



Mrs. Albert Bowker. 
Mrs. W. N. Ensworth. 



i0me ^lisstoimrg Sowta 



Meets at 3 P. M., third Tuesday of each month. 



President, 
Vice-President, 
Secretary, 
Treasurer, 



Mrs. Paul Bailey. 
Mrs. M. E. S. Demond. 
Mrs. a. L. Adams. 
Mrs. Sarah E. Delano. 



akrirk ^tiTeb0lent 3mtt^. 



Meets at the call of the President. 



President, 

Vice-Presidents, 

Secretary, 
Treasurer, 



( Mrs. Chas. E. Whittemore. 
( Mrs. E. M. McPherson. 

Miss Hannah F. Crafts. 

Miss E. E. Hawley. 



VAEIOUS COMMITTEES OP THE CHTJKCS. 



Committee to Greet and Introduce Strangers and New flembers. 

Dea. I. N. Lothrop, chairman ; E. T. Packard, J. A. 
Cochran, Thomas Whiteford, Miss Mary E. Fales, Miss 
Emily E. Hawley, Mrs. M. A. McField, Mrs. Paul Bailey, 
Mrs. Charles Ensworth, Miss Helen M. Burrows. 

Committee on Church Benevolences. 

Dea. J. W. Robbins, chairman ; George I. Colesworthy, 
Mrs. A. L. Adams, Mrs. Elmer H. Allen, Miss Lillian Wilkins. 

Committee to Revise the Roll of the Church and Confer with its Absent 

flembers. 

F. W. Brown, chairman ; Lawrence S. James, Mrs. Louise 
H. Fogg, Miss Emma Knowles, Mrs. William N. Ensworth. 

Committee on Church Prayer=Meeting. 

Dea. J. Willard Brown, chairman ; George E. James, Miss 
Gertrude L. Plummer, Miss Mary Robbins, Mrs. Mary S. 
Anderson. 

Committee on Church Mission Work. 

Dea. William B. Lovejoy, chairman ; Dea. J. H. S. Pear- 
son, Mrs. G. I. Colesworthy, Mrs. R. F. Hahn, Miss Alice 
W. Brown. 

Committee to Investigate and Report on the Condition of the Church, its 
various Societies, and upon the Standing of these Bodies. 

Dea. J. H. S. Pearson, chairman ; S. R. Maine, Miss Clara 
Robbins, Miss Mary Bowker, Mrs. J. Somensby. 

Committee to Accept and Hang Pictures. 

The Pastor, Dea. F. E. Dimick, Mrs. E. M. McPherson. 

Advisory Committee, for various branches of Church Work. 

Mr. T. B. Grimes, Dea. J. W. Brown, Mr. Elmer H. Allen, 
Mr. Carl Pierce, Mr. Charles A. Clark, Miss Mary E. Fales, 
Mrs. Josie S. Pearson, Mrs. Dora Thacher, Miss Gertrude L. 
Plummer, Mrs. L. A. Drowne. 



mm Morh on tjje Jf ourtlj S>uim, 

AND 

WORK OF THE MAVERICK CHURCH CHAPEL. 



In General W. H. Sumner's History of East Boston a 
short account is given of the Mission work which was com- 
menced in a certain portion of East Boston. It relates as 
follows : That in 185 1 in that part of the Island in which the 
Union Chapel is now situated, from a population of hundreds 
not more than 20 persons were regular attendants at any 
Protestant place of worship on the Sabbath and the locality 
was noted for its vice. The Boston City Missionary Society, 
sustained by the Congregational Churches of the city, em- 
ployed Miss Armeda Gibbs to labor in East Boston, who 
soon visited this much noted locality. Her first visit was on 
a chilly day in October, 1851. The first family visited were 
devoted Christians. The next day five ladies held the 
first religious meeting in that locality. A Sabbath School 
was held and a prayer meeting was started and continued 
each week. The ensuing winter the city built a schoolhouse 
on Chelsea street and an unoccupied room was obtained for 
use. A Sabbath School was organized Feb. 18, 1852, with 
63 adults and children, aided by the Sabbath School of Mav- 
erick Church. Rev. Mr. Deering of Chelsea preached on 
the Sabbath and Miss Armeda Gibbs continued her mission- 
ary work. 

When the School and meetings were increasing in numbers 
and interest they were suddenly notified by the city that the 
room occupied by them must be vacated for another primary 
school. They must disband or build a house. A subscrip- 



82 MISSION WORK 02Sr FOtJBTH SECTIOJiT. 

tion book was started and with help from the city churches 
(one-third from the latter) money was raised to build a 
chapel on Bennington street on land leased by them of the 
East Boston Company free of expense. The city authorities 
permitted them to worship in the schoolhouse until the 
chapel was completed and gave a bell to be used in case of 
fire as well as for worship. The chapel was dedicated Nov. 
17, 1852, and was filled. Rev. Rufus W. Clark of the Mav- 
erick, Rev. J. W. Sykes of the Baptist, Rev. C. S. McRead- 
ing of the Meridian St. Methodist, Rev. N. Gullen of the 
Episcopal churches taking part in the exercises. Rev. Mr. 
Deering preached until the spring of 1854. In July, 1854, 
the Rev. Mr. Boyden was employed by the City Missionary 
Society. There were present at the morning service 40 and 
at the afternoon 60 and at the Sabbath School 100. For a 
little time there were some discouragements but afterwards 
an increased interest manifested itself. December 23, 1855, 
the Maverick Church elected Thomas D. Demond as Super- 
intendent of the Sabbath School and December 31, 1855, 
George W. Merritt was chosen Assistant Superintendent. 
In 1858 there was a larger attendance than at any previous 
time. Afterwards dissensions arose and the work was en- 
tirely abandoned. The last official action of record of the 
Maverick Church was Sept. i, 1856, when a vote was passed 
" That the Committee on the Mission School be authorized 
to remove the furniture and to settle for the rent." 

MISSION WORK ON FOURTH SECTION. 

April 18, 1884. Dea. T. D. Demond, W. B. Rhodes and 
A. D. Mansfield were chosen by the Maverick Church a 
Committee to consider the expediency of obtaining a place 
for permanent neighborhood meetings on the Fourth Section. 

May 2, 1884. Committee reported that the City Mis- 
sionary Society would assist in bearing the expense of such 
a meeting and recommended that the meeting now held in 
private house be continued as a permanent work. Report 



MISSION WORK ON FOUETH SECTION. 83 

accepted, recommendation adopted and committee continued. 

Miss Armeda Gibbs died in East Boston, Aug. 27, 1884. 
The funeral services were held in the Maverick Church, 
August 30th, her pastor, J. E. Twitchell, officiating. The 
altar and rear of the pulpit were filled with beautiful floral 
tributes — offerings of the church and personal friends. 
Among the most conspicuous were " Gates Ajar,"' a hillside 
of green holly with a cross at the base and a crown above, — 
a design of the "Old Mission Chapel" at the Fourth Sec- 
tion, — and a large crescent, fifteen feet in extent, bearing her 
last words, "Victory! victory! All is well!" During the 
services, "Rock of Ages" and several of her favorite hymns 
were sung; also, at her particular request, the doxology, 
"Praise God, from whom all blessings flow." The remains 
were taken to Woodlawn Cemetery, where, after a brief burial- 
service, they were solemnly consigned to their last resting- 
place in the lot of her choice. 

Nov. 28, 1884. Voted, at a meeting of the church, this 
evening, that this church authorize its Examining Committee 
to hold sessions at the place of worship on the Fourth Sec- 
tion, for the purpose of examining any candidates who may 
desire to unite with the church, and upon their recommenda- 
tion, be propounded and admitted to the church by vote and 
in accordance with the By-Laws thereof : and the said Ex- 
amining Committee are further authorized at such times as 
they may deem it expedient and in the interest of the 
church to receive such in behalf of the church and adminis- 
ter the Communion and other ordinances, at the aforesaid 
place of worship for their larger convenience and mutual 
growth. 

January 16, 1885, Committee made a report for year end- 
ing Dec. 31, 1884, which was accepted and is as follows : 

"The first meeting was held January 14, 1884, at Mrs. 
Stark's, 357 Chelsea Street, 31 being present, led by Deacon 
I. N. Lothrop and was a very interesting meeting. From 
this time until the 28th of April, meetings were held every 
Monday evening, being very profitable. At these meetings 



84 MISSION WORK ON FOUETH SECTION. 

children participated, repeating passages of Scripture. From "^ 
April 28th, until the latter part of June, the meetings were 
held at Mrs. Hammond's, 209 Saratoga Street, but were not 
as well attended as those held at Mrs. Stark's. The falling off 
in attendance might be attributed to the change of location. 
The first meeting held in the building in the rear 333 Chel- 
sea Street, now known as Maverick Church Mission Chapel, 
was on July 14, 1884, 40 being present, and meetings have 
been held in this place every Monday evening since. The 
meetings increased in number and power and through their 
influence, a number have been brought to realize their need of 
a Saviour, some of them having united with this church at its 
last Communion Service. We believe the part borne by the 
children at the meetings has been a great help in the work. 
The first Sunday service was held at the Chapel, August 31. 
Preaching by our Pastor, 50 present. Services have been 
held every Sabbath since, at 4 p.m. Dr. Twitchell has 
preached at most of these services, but in his absence the 
following clergymen have officiated : Rev. Messrs. Bates, 
Hill, Jones, Richardson, and Scott, also Mr. Stowell, of the 
Boston Y. M. C. A. The largest attendance at any one of 
the weekly meetings has been 130, smallest, 8, average at- 
tendance for the year, 60, largest attendance at Sunday Ser- 
vices, 135, smallest, 50, average, 90. 
Signed, 

T. D. Demond, 
A. D. Mansfield, 
Wm. Rhodes. 

Wm. B. Lovejoy was added to the Committee and whole 
Committee to remain in office until January, 1886. 

January 13, 1886. Committee made a report which was 
accepted. Wm. B. Lovejoy, A. D. Mansfield, and Wm. 
Rhodes were elected Committee for ensuing year. 

March 19, 1886. Donation, by the Associated Charities, 
of the furniture and work for a kitchen garden valued at one 
hundred and fifty dollars, for which the thanks of the Church 
were given. 

January 17, 1887. Committee reported, which was accept- 
ed. George H. Packard was chosen Superintendent of the 
Sabbath School. A. D. Mansfield, one of the Committee, had 



MISSION WORK ON FOURTH SECTION. 85 

died and Mr. Wm. Rhodes had moved away. Wm. B. Love- 
joy, J. W. Robbins and Geo. H. Packard were chosen as 
committee for the ensuing year. 

March 4, 1887. A donation was made to the church of a 
Hbrary case for the use of the Mission work on the Fourth 
Section, by the Home Club of East Boston. 

April 29, 1887. Report of the Committee taking action in 
reference to occupying the chapel on Bennington street 
owned by the City Missionary Society and of receiving a 
grant from the Mass. Home Missionary Society so as to have 
regular preaching services every Sabbath, Committee also 
recommend that the name of the chapel be called the " Mav- 
erick Church Chapel," which was adopted. 

February 23, 1888. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins and 
Geo. H. Packard were appointed members of the Committee in 
charge of the Chapel and Mission work on the Fourth Sec- 
tion. Recommendation of the Committee in report made at 
this meeting, was adopted as follows : " In order that any 
funds received under the above named circumstances (monies 
received from insurance in case of fire, see Report) or any 
funds received from the Maverick Church Chapel or for Mis- 
sion work upon the Fourth Section, especially donated for 
these purposes, your Committee recommend that the Com- 
mittee appointed by the Church to have the charge of the 
Mission work on the Fourth Section and for the care and 
maintenance of the Maverick Church Chapel be authorized 
to receive and hold all sums of money so donated for the 
purpose above stated ; and the church treasurer is and shall 
be authorized to pay over to said Committee thus appointed 
any monies coming into his possession for such purposes ; 
and said Committee shall make an annual report of all mon- 
ies thus received and such disbursements as shall be made 
of such monies received and at such other times as by a vote 
of the church shall be required of said Committee. 

February 4, 1889. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins and 
F. J. Whilton were elected Committee in charge of Maverick 
Church Chapel and Mission work on Fourth Section. 



86 MISSION WORK ON FOURTH SECTION. 

February 3, 1890. Report of Committee was made and 
accepted. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins and F. J. Whilton 
were elected Committee in charge of Maverick Church 
Chapel and Mission work on the Fourth Section. 

March 2, 1891. Report of Committee was made and ac- 
cepted. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins and F. J. Whilton 
were elected Committee in charge of Maverick Church 
Chapel and Mission work on the Fourth Section. 

February i, 1892. Wm. B. Lovejoy, J. W. Robbins and 
F. J. Whilton were elected Committee in charge of Maverick 
Church Chapel and Mission work on Fourth Section. 

February 13, 1893. Wm. B. Lovejoy and J. W. Robbins 
were elected Committee in charge of Maverick Church 
Chapel and Mission Work on the Fourth Section. 

February 5, 1894. Wm. B. Lovejoy, as Chairman, J. W. 
Robbins and Elmer H. Allen were chosen as Committee in 
charge of Maverick Church Chapel and Mission Work on 
the Fourth Section. The reports of the work for each year 
are on file and show that much aggressive work has been 
done, having a salutary moral influence on the people of the 
Fourth Section. Miss A. B. Winchester, the faithful City 
Missionary, who was instrumental in the resumption of this 
work, resigned her office in July, 1893, and Miss Helen C. 
Gillette was chosen by the City Missionery Society to suc- 
ceed in her labors. 

May, 1894. The Committee having been informed that 
Charles S. Macfarland, acting pastor of the Chapel, would 
relinquish his labors to attend the Divinity School at Yale 
College, New Haven, Conn., and his time of service, by ar- 
rangement, expiring June 15, 1894, concluded arrange- 
ments with the Rev. W. Sherman Thompson to become 
acting pastor, his labors to commence August i, 1894. 



MISSION WOBK ON FOURTH SECTION. 87 



Acting Pastors at the Maverick Church 
Chapel. 



Rev. C. W. Blackett, June 15, 1887, to Sept. 15, 1888 

Rev. H. E. Wolfe, Nov. 15, 1888, to Apr. 15, 1889 

Rev. E. a. Jester, May i, 1889, to June 15, 1891 

Rev. E. L. Bradford, June 20, 1891, to Sept. 15, 1891 

Rev. J. Pearson Pillsbury, Nov. 9, 189 1, to Dec. 15, 1892 
Rev. C. S. Macfarland, Jan. i, 1893, to June 15, 1894 
Rev. W. Sherman Thompson, chosen to act Aug. i, 1894 



Pakritli CljurrI) €\mtl 



Bennington Street, near Swift. 



OFFICERS OF Organizations connected therewith, 

FOR THE YEAR 1894. 



Acting Pastor, - - - Rev. C. S. Macfarland 

269 Princeton Street 

Missionary, - - - - Miss Helen C. Gillette 



Regular Services. 

Sunday. — Sabbath School, 2 p.m. Y. P. S. C. E. Service, 
6.30 P.M. Praise Service, 7.30 p.m. Preaching Service, 7.45 

P.M. 

General Prayer Meeting, Thursday evening at 7.45. 

Committee on the part of the church. 

Dea. Wm. B. Lovejoy, chairman, Dea. J. W. Robbins, Mr, 
Elmer H. Allen. 



Superintendent, - - - - M. R. Marquand. 

Assistant Superintendent, - - Howard S. Hunter. 

Secretary, ----- L. Arthur Packard. 

Treasurer, George Pearson. 

Librarian, William Whiteford. 



I 



MISSION WOBK IN FOURTH SECTION. 



'gUW gltct ^otxttx^. 



President. 
Vice-President, 
Secretary, 
Treasurer, 

Executive Committee, 



]Miss Helex C. Gillette, 

]\Irs. C. a. Stowers. 

Miss Jaxe F. Macfarlaxd. 

Miss Christixe A. Callahax, 
( }k[RS. Nellie Cook. 
" ^Irs. Alfred Chowx. 
( ]\Irs. Jaxe Callahax. 



D0ttttrj ^tffi^W^ Mmti]i 0f CItvi.$'tia« ^ntttearot\ 



President, - 
Vice-President. - 
Secretary, - 
Treasurer, - 

Corresponding Secretary. 



Alex. Whiteford. 
Miss Isabel H. Wor^iell. 
]\Iiss Bertha Preble. 
WiLLiA^i Whiteford. 
Miss Jaxe F. Macfarlaxd. 



COMMITTEES. 

Prayer Meetixg. — Thomas Whiteford. Mrs. M. J. Ryley, 
Miss Bertha Heeck, Robert Ivester. Robert Hamilton, Henrv^ 
Oxner. Miss Carrie A. Couillard. Alvin Home. Andrew X. 
Forshner. Wm. J. Haines. 

Lookol't. — ^liss Alice W. Brown, Alex. Whiteford. ]^Iiss 
Mar}- X. Dwelley. ^liss Christine A. Callahan. ^liss Helen 
C. Gillette. Fred Wormell. Allen Preble. George B. Vaughn. 

Social. — Miss Lettie E. Packard, Miss Minnie Thompson, 
Miss Nellie M. Simpson, Mrs. Alfred Chown. Miss Susie W. 
Butland, Leroy Lewis. Mrs. Xellie ^I. Cook. ]vliss Estelle 'M. 
Callahan, Erskine Chown. }vliss Florence Grant. John Payn, 
AKred Chown. 

SuxDAY School. — Miss Jane T. ^lacfarland. James Home, 
Miss Annie Edgar, Mrs. C. A. Stowers. Miss Maud S. Edgar, 
Miss Florence A. Dunn. 



90 MISSION WOEK ON FOURTH SECTION. 

Flower and Visiting. — Mrs. Thomas Whiteford, Mrs. 
Clara Goodwin, Miss Luella Putnam, Miss Lottie Ryder, 
Chas. H. Stowers, Miss Edna Hardy, Miss Florence Cook, 
William Moreland, Charles Home, Miss Mabel Moreland, 
Miss Evelyn Chown, Miss Lizzie Goodwin, Miss Clara 
Goodwin. 



President, - - - Miss Jane F. Macfarland. 

Vice-President, - - Miss Lettie E. Packard. 

Secretary, - - - Miss Christine A. Callahan. 

Treasurer, - - - Miss Susie W. Butland. 



''MvtK 3nxf' OTifiJU, Wm'^ gauulttev^'. 

President, - - - - Mrs. C. A. Stowers. 

Vice-President, _ - - Miss Florence A. Dunn. 

Secretary, _ _ _ _ Miss S. Maud Edgar. 

Treasurer, _ _ _ _ Miss Clara Goodwin. 



Directors, 



( Miss Annie Edgar. 
\ Miss Abbie Appleton. 



delation of tlje IMouuin's 'iioiirt of Blissioiis 



TO THIS CHL'RCH. 



The Foreign Missionary work (not to the exclusion of 
Home work) has ever held a large place in the hearts of the 
members of Maverick Church. The devotion of many of its 
early members to these interests will readily be brought to 
the minds of some who are now living and enjoyed sweet 
counsel together and joined in the many prayers which 
ascended to the throne of God, that the heathen might be 
converted. This zeal was not only displayed by the brethren 
of the church but perhaps even more so by the sisters. 
There seemed to be a constantly spiritual impelling force 
which was urging forward a few^ devoted ones to arouse, in- 
struct, and finally to organize efforts which have borne so 
great results. Doubtless this was brought about in no small 
degree by the interest taken by the mothers of the church, 
meeting together as a Maternal Association, praying for their 
children, which led to the desire that not only they and the 
mothers of their o\\n land, but those of foreio-n lands mi2:ht 
have the privileges which they enjoyed. Mrs. Albert Bowker 
had taken large interest in the 3-Iaternal Association work 
and no doubt that the Lord had kindled in her heart the large 
desire that the mothers of heathen lands should be educated 
and by God's grace led to first pray for themselves and then 
for their children : and thus every indication of his Providence 
points to the fact that she was a chosen vessel to so largely 
assist in the organization of what is now so large a power for 
God, ''The Woman's Board of Missions," and for so many 
years its President. 



92 woman's board of missions. 

While this Church has a holy pride in the work of all its 
members, yet they cannot forbear making record of her work 
in our own Church and so largely one in which the whole 
Church of God are interested. We cannot but rejoice that 
one of Maverick Church should have been chosen of God to 
be His instrument in the organization and development of 
the "Woman's Board of Missions." We rejoice that God 
has so long spared her life to enjoy Fifty-eight consecutive 
years of membership with this church, from its organization 
to its present time, and our prayer is that her last days may 
be her best days. 

It is but justice to add to this, a tribute to her great useful- 
ness, as written by Miss Frances J. Dyer and published in the 
Congregationalist, Jan., 1893, which we are permitted to do. 

" Nearly all great organizations of the Church have been 
brought about by God by the consecration of some one per- 
son, and this truth is so remarkably illustrated in the organiza- 
tion known as the Woman's Board of Missions that we cannot 
forbear, just before its twenty-fifth anniversary, which will be 
observed next week in Boston, to review the circumstances 
which led to its formation. From them it will be seen that 
the subject of this sketch was as truly elected and prepared 
for this special work as was Abraham Lincoln for guiding our 
nation safely through a perilous crisis. 

" Sarah Lamson's father was an influential and, according 
to the standard of those days, a wealthy man. The house 
which he built in East Boston was one of the first three 
erected on the island. It still stands upon an eminence on 
Webster Street overlooking the harbor, the lofty pillars of the 
porch and the generous proportions of the front hall un- 
touched by the finger of modern improvement. In this noble 
old mansion, where the drama of her girlhood, wifehood and 
motherhood was enacted, Mrs. Bowker lives in her declining 
years, tenderly cared for by her youngest daughter and still 
holding the ofiice of honorary president of the board. 

"At the age of fourteen she was sent to the Ipswich Female 
Seminary and for several years came under the influence of those 
two notable teachers. Miss Zilpah P. Grant and Mary Lyon. 
Never was a school more fittingly chosen for a child. The 
marked individuality of Miss Grant, a wise, far-seeing woman 



TV0MA2y"'S BOAED OF :sriSSIOXS. 93 

with the religious fervor of a Savonarola glowing beneath the 
repressed New England manner, and the sweet and strong 
spirit of ]Mary Lyon made a deep impression upon the young 
girl. The teachers quickly recognized in the new pupil a 
person of good intellectual capacity, resolute will, strong 
imagination and a peculiar power for dominating other 
minds. The bringing of all these forces of heart and mind 
under the control of Christian motives was no easy task, even 
for teachers like them, who agonized in prayer over the souls 
committed to their care with the fervency born of the theology 
of the times. 

■■ It is not strange, therefore, that the conversion of Sarah 
Lamson was a marked experience in her life. The surrender 
of herself to God in the flower of her youthful days was com- 
plete. The decision once made, there was never a shadow of 
turning in her purpose. Thenceforward she was pledged to 
the service of Christ with the consuming zeal of an early 
Crusader. While she was under conviction an incident oc- 
curred which intensified her sense of a divine providence in 
human affairs. By a strange blunder her father received 
word that his daughter was dead and he went to Ipswich tak- 
ing with him the casket for her burial. The dramatic scene 
when he was met by her in full health and strength can be 
imagined. But the thought that it might have been herself 
appealed powerfully to her imagination and led her to feel 
that she was a spared monument of mercy for some great 
work. A remarkable deliverance from accidental death later 
in life deepened this feeling. 

" Returning at length to her East Boston home, her faith 
was soon put to severe tests. Her father was not in sympa- 
thy with her evangelical views and for a time forbade her 
attendance at the weekly prayer meetings. But she found a 
way to be loyal both to her father and her Saviour by remain- 
ing at home and spending the prayer meeting hour in private 
devotion. A spirit like this could not be repressed and ere 
long she was allowed full liberty to use her gifts for ministry 
in any direction she chose. How full of activity were those 
years ! In church and Sunday school, in homes of the 
poor and at bedsides of the dying this young girl was ever 
busy with a zeal that never flagged. Scores were brought to 
Christ through her efforts. She had an inborn skill for nurs- 
ing and shrank from no scene of suffering however horrible. 
At one time a frightful railroad accident at the dangerous 
grade crossing in East Boston brought the killed and wounded 



94 



woman's board of missions. 



almost to her own door. Those who then heard her comfort 
the dying and pray with the living and saw her marvelous power 
to soothe the sorrow-stricken households were dumb with won- 
der. Even before her marriage she conducted the mothers' 
meetings in Maverick Church, of which she was one of the ten 
original members. Here, too, she taught for years a large 
Bible class of nearly a hundred members and thereby trained 
a class of women for Christian service whose executive ability 
and consecration have rarely been equaled. Marriage did 
not interrupt her tireless activities. On the contrary she 
made her home tributary to all her work for the Master, and 
the holy experiences of motherhood gave a new grace to her 
spiritual faculties. 

" In course of time the horrors of the Civil War burst upon 
the nation and this momentous event brought into further 
prominence the native force of Mrs. Bowker's character. 
Her soul was on fire with patriotism and no general on the 
field of battle marshaled his forces with greater energy than 
she displayed in organizing measures of relief for the soldiers. 
Just before this, strangely enough, there had been a revival 
of interest in the work of maternal associations, which, like 
the Christian Endeavor movement, was born in the home of 
a Portland minister, Dr. Edward Payson. His wife organized 
the first society in 1815, but it did not long survive the gene- 
ration which gave it birth. But in i860, as the hour 
approached when the iron of bereavement was to enter many 
a mother's soul, a great tidal wave of a common impulse to 
prayer swept into the hearts of American women. The 
Union Maternal Association, embracing all denominations, 
was formed and the first annual meeting in Boston was 
attended by more than a thousand mothers. From the outset 
Mrs. Bowicer espoused this cause with a fervent faith. 
Though sternly rebuffed by Dr. John E. Todd and other ex- 
cellent but mistaken ministers, no opposition could daunt her. 
For twenty years she held the ofiice of president and in this 
training school more than any other her mind was broadened 
to grasp the needs of women living in lands outside the pale 
of gospel privileges. The obstacles she surmounted fitted 
her for overcoming the prejudice and distrust which blocked 
her way later in organizing the Woman's Board. Looking 
backward one is astounded at the sublime courage that ena- 
bled her to project the enterprise at what seemed a most 
unpropitious time. Only one secretary of the American 
Board, Dr. N. G. Clark, heartily favored the scheme. 



woman's boaed of missions. 95 

Others frankly disapproved or coldly questioned its wisdom. 
The colleges for women were just coming into recognition. 
The Christian Temperance Union was hardly in embryo. 
Women's clubs had no existence. Except as the war had de- 
veloped them, women as a whole were untrained in the duties 
of public life. Here and there a solitary individual, like 
Clara Barton, was showing the abiUty to organize and control 
large enterprises, but the era of federation in women's work 
for women had not yet dawned. Meantime, the Lord had 
been stirring up the hearts of Christian women to an interest 
in the condition of their sisters in other lands through the 
agency of the ^Missionary Union in Xew York City and by 
other societies purely local in their scope. In scattered ham- 
lets all through New England and at the West many, like 
Mary of old, were pondering these things in their hearts. 

"One day about this time a quiet woman came from Xew 
York to Boston seeking if haply she might find some one 
capable of unifying all these scattered forces into one grand 
missionary body. At the suggestion of one of the secretaries 
of the American Board she was directed to the house of the 
subject of this sketch. The meeting of Peter and Cornelius 
was no more divinely directed than this interview between 
Mrs. Homer Bartlett. the first treasurer of the Woman's 
Board, and Mrs. Albert Bowker. As the result of their con- 
ference a company of devoted women gathered the first Tues- 
day in Januar}^, 1868. in the Old South chapel, then in Free- 
man Place on Beacon Hill, and formed the New England 
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, which later became 
incorporated under the name of the Woman's Board of Mis- 
sions. Of its phenomenal growth since then, including the 
sister boards of the Interior and the Pacific Coast, together 
with many an auxiliary in dark places on the eastern conti- 
nent, it is not our province to speak at present, 

•"The object of this paper is simply to show how this one 
woman, wholly devoted to a single noble aim, and pushing it 
at a period when there were few trained helpers and stupen- 
dous obstacles to be overcomie, manifested a faith which has 
removed mountains. Like the first disciples she has labored 
and others have entered into her labors. From the hour 
when she bowed herself in the consecrating prayer at that in- 
itial meeting to the day, three years ago, when she delegated 
to another the presidency of the Board, she has never 
wavered in love and loyalty to the cause which it represents. 
Time, money, strength, influence have all been freely con- 



96 woman's board of missions. 

tributed to its advancement. One of the most inspiring 
recollections of the writer is of a memorable three days' con- 
ference in October, 1875, at the old mansion on Webster 
Street. Thirty-two guests, chiefly the officers of branch so- 
cieties, were entertained beneath the hospitable roof. The 
entire time was spent in listening to papers and discussing 
the best means for extending the work. Who that was pres- 
ent will ever forget those hallowed hours of prayer which 

Morning and evening hemmed the sweet day in ? 

On the last evening when the house was thrown open to over 
five hundred guests, it seemed as if the holy influence of 
those who had been tarrying in the mount those three days 
permeated the entire assembly. 

" Thus it will be seen that the Woman's Board of Missions 
is worthy of peculiar honor, not only for its primal work of 
evangelizing those who are without the blessings of the gos- 
pel but for being a pioneer in organized work for women here 
in our own land. We refrain from any commonplace words 
of praise for Mrs. Bowker's share in its development. We 
recognize her, as she ever humbly held herself, merely as an 
instrument in the hands of the Almighty for extending His 
kingdom. There are silent witnesses to her honor in India 
and Turkey and China and Japan more eloquent than any 
words. As Mt. Holyoke College will forever enshrine the 
memory of Mary Lyon, so the college for girls at Constanti- 
nople and the Bowker Home at Bombay will be two among 
many enduring monuments of Mrs. Bowker's fame." 






ITS ACTS OF INCORPORATION AND OFFICERS. 



The notice for the preliminary meeting to accept the act to 
Incorporate the ^laverick Congregational Society is as 
follows : 

'■The subscribers to the shares in the stock of this house 
are hereby notified to meet in the schoolhouse adjoining this 
house on Monday evening, ^larch 5. 1S38, at seven o'clock, 
to decide upon accepting the Act of Incorporation recently 
obtained and to act upon any other business that may then 
come before them, 

(Signed) AARON ORDWAY, ) ^^^s.^^^ ''^"^^^ 

^ ° - ' ^ in the A ct of 



\ 



JAMES .M. WHITON, f /;i'a:r^^ati^n 

Boston. February 24. 1838. 

^sleeting was held in accordance with the above, a Commit- 
tee appointed to consider and report at an adjourned meeting 
upon the expediency of accepting the act. and if they think 
expedient, to report a full plan of organization, By-Laws, etc. 
Adjourned to March 21, 1838, at same place. 

March 21, 1838, Voted, To adjourn to April 16, 1838. 

April 16, 1838. Met according to adjournment and Com- 
mittee made a report w^hich was accepted. Voted, Unani- 
mously to accept the Act of Incorporation, which is as 
follo^vs : 



98 MAVERICK CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 

ACT 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

In the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight. 

An Act to incorporate the Maverick Congregational 

Society. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- 
eral Cotirt assembled^ and by the authority of the same^ as 
follows : 

Section i. Aaron Ordway, James M. Whiton and Jacob 
Hayes, together with all persons who are subscribers to the stock, 
or who shall hereafter become proprietors of pews in the meeting 
house situated on Maverick St, East Boston, so-called, are hereby 
made a corporation by the name of the Maverick Congrega- 
tional Society, in the City of Boston, with all the powers and 
privileges and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities 
set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, so far 
as the provisions of the chapter relate to the proprietors of meeting 
houses. 

Section 2. This said Corporation may hold real and personal 
estate the annual income of which shall not exceed the sum of two 
thousand five hundred dollars, provided the sum be appropriated 
exclusively to parochial purposes. 

House of Representatives, Feb. 22, 1838. 
Passed to be enacted. 

Robert C. Winthrop, Speaker. 

In Senate, February 23, 1838. 
Myron Lawrence, President. 



Passed to be enacted. 



February 23, 1838. 

Approved. Edward Everett. 



A true copy. Attest; 



John P. Bigelow, 
Secy of the Co7n7nonwealth. 



MAVERICK CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 99 

Voted unanimously, To adopt the following Plan of 
Organization : Whenever the church called the Maverick 
Church, now worshipping in this house, shall become destitute 
of a minister, a joint committee of five persons, three from the 
Church and two from the Society shall be appointed to supply 
the pulpit, and to take all necessary measures for securing a 
stated supply so long as the Church and Society shall remain 
without a settled minister. And whenever it shall be necessary 
to select a minister, the Church shall propose such a person 
as they may select, to the Society for their concurrence, and if 
the Society concur the call shall be given by the Church and 
Society jointly; and in case the Society shall not concur the 
Church shall select again and until the Church and Society 
shall agree. 

The salary shall be raised by the proprietors in such way 
as they may agree. 

In case of any absence of the minister by consent of the 
Society or in case of his sickness for a time not exceeding 
eight weeks the minister and deacons shall supply the pulpit 
temporarily with the approbation of the Standing Committee 
who shall cause the expense thereof to be paid. 

To avoid all misapprehension it is understood that the 
word " Church " signifies all male members of the Maverick 
Church of the age of twenty-one years and upward. 

No alteration shall be made in this plan of organization, 
unless by vote of two-thirds of the Society to be convened at 
a special meeting for that purpose. 

Voted, Unanimously to adopt the following 

By-Laws. 

Article i. The annual meeting of the Society shall be 
held on the third Monday of April annually. Special meet- 
ings shall be called by the Clerk by posting a notice on the 
door of the Meeting-House eight days at least prior to the 
time of said meeting whenever he shall be requested to do so 
by any three of the Proprietors. Seven of the Proprietors 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



100 MAVERICK CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 

Article 2. The Officers of the Society shall be as fol- 
lows : A Clerk who shall keep a correct record of all proceed- 
ings ; a Treasurer who shall collect and pay all monies belong- 
ing to the Society, provided, that no money shall be paid out 
of the Treasury except by special vote of the Society; a 
Standing Committee of three to take the general superintend- 
ence of the concerns of the Society, to provide for the care of 
the house, for a sexton, the letting of pews, to have the over- 
sight of all matters connected with the finances of the 
Society. They shall have exclusive power to grant the use of 
the house for all meetings not of a religious character. 
Meetings of a religious character may be held in the house 
whenever the minister and deacons judge it expedient. 

A Singing Committee to superintend the singing and to 
take charge thereof. 

An Auditor to examine the Treasurer's accounts annually. 

Article 3. Each Pew shall have one vote and no more. 

Article 4. All money for the expenses of the Society 
shall be raised by tax on the pews and shall be laid on by 
vote of the Society and collected in the manner provided in 
the 32d, 33d and 34th Sections of the twentieth chapter of 
the Revised Statutes. 

Article 5. At all meetings of the Corporation absent 
members may vote by proxy duly authorized in writing. The 
word ^'Members" is intended to include all shareholders 
until the sale of the Pews after which time the holders of 
Pews only shall be entitled to vote. 

At a legal meeting called for the purpose in part held Mon- 
day evening, May 21, 1838, it was voted unanimously 

That the Treasurer is hereby authorized and requested to 
receive a deed of the Meeting-House and all its appurte- 
nances from Aaron Ordway and Peter Harvey to the Society 

Note. — (This lot of land, consisting of about 8,000 square feet 
and the meeting-house thereon, was situated on the corner of Havre 
and Maverick streets and was the first meeting-house occupied by 
said Society.) 

October 24, 1838. A meeting was held at which the fol- 
lowing additions were made to the By-Laws. 

Article 6. Holders of shares may, however, attend and 
vote at any meeting when it is proposed to lay an assessment 



MAVEKICK CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 101 

upon the shares, anything in Article 5th to the contrary not- 
withstanding. Each share shall be entitled to one vote pro- 
vided, however, that no shareholder shall be entitled to more 
than five votes. 

Article 7. Where an assessment is laid, the Treasurer 
shall forthwith give notice to the pew and shareholders in 
writing, stating the amount of the assessment, the time when, 
and place where, the same is payable and leave such notice at 
their residence, or deposit them in the Post-Office, and in 
case such assessment shall remain unpaid for fifteen days 
after its date, the treasurer shall immediately advertise them 
for sale by notice posted upon the door of the meeting-house 
for thirty days prior to said time of sale and shall sell the 
same at the meeting house at the time appointed, provided 
the assessment shall not have been paid. 

Article 8. No alteration shall be made in the By-Laws 
unless by vote of two-thirds in number of the pew sharehold- 
ers present at a meeting duly notified for that purpose. 

December 24, 1838. Voted, That a committee of three 
be appointed consisting of Samuel W. Hall, Aaron Ordway 
and Guy C. Haynes with full authority to dispose of the lot 
of land on Northeasterly end of the Society's land fronting 
on Havre street, twenty-six feet by eighty feet deep. Also a 
lot on the Northwesterly side of the Society's land fronting 
on Maverick street, twenty feet by seventy-four feet deep. 

May 17, 1841. The committee appointed to sell land of the 
Society reported that they have sold the two lots of land, 
authorized by the Society, have caused conveyances to be 
made to the purchasers, have obtained the cash six hundred 
and thirty-five dollars and paid the same over to the Treasurer. 

January 24, 1844. Voted, To sell the meetinghouse and 
land belonging to the Society for the sum of Five Thousand 
Dollars. 

Voted, That a committee of three consisting of John Pierce, 
Wm. R. Lovejoy and Henry T. Butler be appointed to pur- 
chase lots of land No. 21 and 22 in Hotel Square for the 
Society. 



102 MAVEEICK CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 

January 29, 1844. Treasurer reported that he had taken 
legal advice on the question whether or not individuals can 
withdraw their dividends after paying the debts of the Society 
and the decision is they cannot. 

February 5, 1844. Committee to sell meeting house and 
land of the Society on Maverick street reported that they had 
sold the same for Five Thousand Dollars. 

The Committee to purchase land for the Society reported 
that they had purchased of Wm. H. Sumner and Francis J. 
Oliver lots No. 21 and 22 in Hotel Square containing 7,200 
square feet for eighty-one hundred dollars. 

Voted, That the Society proceed to build a brick meeting 
house on the land purchased as above about 72x90 ft. 

May 13, 1844. A building committee consisting of Wm. 
R. Lovejoy, Henry T. Butler, Samuel Hall and John Pierce 
were chosen. 

June II, 1844. Building Committee authorized to make 
contracts for the building of the meeting house, provided the 
expense does not exceed Seventeen Thousand Dollars. 

Feb. II, 1845. Committee's report fixing the valuation of 
the Pews in the meeting house at ^28,878 accepted. 

May II, 1857. Voted, That the Maverick Congregational 
Society avail itself of, and hereby accepts the general Act of 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed the 25th day of 
March, A. D. 1845, entitled "An Act Relating to Religious 
Societies," and in the following words : 

Chapter 213, Section i. Any corporation for religious 
purposes may assess upon pews in any meeting house which 
they may hereafter erect or procure for public worship accord- 
ing to a valuation of said pews which shall be first agreed 
upon and recorded by the Clerk, any sum or sums of money 
for the support of public worship and other parochial charges 
and for the repairs of the meeting house, and all such assess- 
ments may be collected in the manner provided in the 32d, 
33d and 34th Sections of the 24th Chapter of the Revised 
Statutes. 



MAVEKICK CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 103 

Section 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its 
passage March 25, A. D. 1845. 

The following By-Laws were adopted at a legal meeting of 
the Maverick Congregational Society as a substitute for those 
now had at a meeting legally called for the purpose, held 
April 23, 1861. 

Article i. The annual meeting of the Society shall be 
held the third Monday of April annually. Special meetings 
shall be called by the Clerk by posting a notice on the door 
of the meeting house Eight days at least before the time of 
said meeting, whenever he shall be requested so to do by any 
three of the Proprietors or the Assessors as provided in Arti- 
cle II. Seven of the proprietors shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of business. 

Article 2. At such meeting shall be chosen by the writ- 
ten ballots of the Proprietors present either personally or by 
proxy, a Moderator, a Clerk, three Assessors who shall con- 
stitute the Standing Committee, a Treasurer and Collector, 
and such other officers as said Society shall think necessary, 
all of whom shall continue in office until the next annual 
meeting and till others are chosen and qualified in their stead 
with the exception of Moderator. Moderator of Meetings 
held for the choice of officers shall be elected by written bal- 
lots. Clerk, Assessors, Treasurer and Collectors shall be 
elected by written ballot and shall be sworn. Other officers 
may be elected in such mode as the Society may determine. 
The Prudential affairs of said Society shall be managed by 
said Assessors, acting as a Standing Committee, and said 
Assessors are hereby authorized to direct the Clerk to call a 
meeting of said Society as provided in Article 8 whenever 
they or a majority of them shall think it necessary. Said 
Assessors shall provide for the care of the meeting house, 
choose a sexton, provide for the letting of the Pews and have 
a general oversight of all matters connected with the finances 
of the Society. They shall have the exclusive power to grant 
the use of the house for all meetings not of a religious char- 
acter. Meetings of a religious character may be held in the 
meeting house whenever the Minister and Deacons judge it 
expedient. 

Article 3. Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote 
on each share of One Hundred Dollars; and fractional parts 
of a share shall have a corresponding vote. 



104 MAVERICK CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 

Article 4. All money to be raised for the expenses of 
the Society shall be by assessment on the Pews and shall be 
laid on by vote of the Proprietors and collected in the man- 
ner provided by the General Statutes of the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts. Chapter 30, Sections 32 and 33. 

Article 5. At all meetings of said Society absent Pro- 
prietors may vote by proxy duly authorized in writing. The 
term Proprietors is intended to include Pew owners only. 

Article 6. In all matters pertaining to the settling or 
dismissing a minister each Proprietor shall have only one 
vote. 

Article 7. Any Proprietor may at the end of any quarter 
surrender his Pew to said Society by giving written notice of 
his intention so to do to the Treasurer and he shall thereafter 
be exempt from taxation and assessments on his said pew 
until he shall desire to resume the control of the same which 
he may do by giving the Treasurer written notice of his de- 
sire so to do at the commencement of the quarter next 
ensuing. 

Article 8. No alteration shall be made in these By-Laws 
unless by a vote of two-thirds in number of the Proprietors of 
said Society present at a meeting duly notified for that 
purpose. 

April 21, 1873. Voted, That the Society adopt the plan 
of weekly offerings to raise funds for the ensuing year. 

A meeting of Pew Proprietors was called for Sept. 29, 
1873, to consider the expediency of selling the present house 
of worship and investing the proceeds in the erection of a new 
one in a different locality, which after discussion was decided 
in the affirmative ; and B. F. Butler, Joseph Robbins and 
T. D. Demond were chosen a committee to ascertain the 
legal proceedings necessary in the matter, and how much 
could be procured for the present house. Meeting adjourned 
to Oct. 13, 1873, when the committee made a partial report 
by printing a document for the signature of stockholders 
authorizing the committee to sell the present house of wor- 
ship and also voting that the committee be authorized to sell 
the house after procuring signatures to the paper presented. 
Also voted, That Mark Googins, J. A. Brown, Martin Brad- 



MAVERICK CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 105 

ford, D. A. Gregory, O. W. Dimick and George E. James be 
added to the committee and to act with them to procure a lot 
of land for the erection of a new house of worship. This 
committee, Nov. 3, 1873, reported that they liad purchased a 
lot of land on Central Square belonging to W. H. Delano for 
one dollar and twenty-five cents per square foot. It was then 
voted that the following constitute a Building Committee : 
Thomas D. Demond, J. A. Brown, W. N. Fisher, I. N. 
Lothrop, R. W. Hilliard, E. F. Spaulding, B. F. Butler, C. E. 
Whittemore, M. Bradford, Paul Bailey, O. W. Dimick. At a 
meeting held Jan. 5, 1874, it was voted. That the Standing 
Committee be authorized to petition the Legislature for leave 
to sell the present house of worship and appropriate the pro- 
ceeds thereof for the erection of another house in Central 
Square. 

The following notice was posted at the door of the Meeting 
House, Feb. 16, 1874: 

"By request of the Standing Committee there will be a 
special meeting of the Pew Proprietors of this House on 
Tuesday evening, February 24, 1874, at 7^ o'clock, to take 
into consideration an Act of the Legislature approved Feb. 
14, 1874, entitled 'An Act to Authorize the Maverick Con- 
gregational Society to sell its Real Estate and for other pur- 
poses,' of which the following is a copy, viz.:" 

T. D. DEMOND, Clerk. 



106 maverick congregational society. 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

In the year One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Five. 

An Act to authorize the Maverick Congregational 
Society, of Boston, to sell its Real Estate, and for 
other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Hotise of Representatives in Gen- 
eral Court assembled^ and by the authority of the same, as 
follows : 

Section i. The Maverick Congregational Society, a corpora- 
tion duly established by law, and located at Boston in the County 
of Suffolk may sell at public or private sale at such time or times as 
it may chose, all the real estate of said Society with the buildings 
thereon standing situated in that part of Boston called East Bos- 
ton ; provided, that the Pew-holders by a two-thirds vote of those 
present at a meeting regularly called shall decide to do so. 

Section 2. The proceeds of the sale, after paying the debts of 
the Society, shall be invested in the purchase of other real estate in 
East Boston and for the erection of church, chapel and parsonage ; 
and for this purpose the Society may mortgage the land so pur- 
chased to such an amount as a majority of the pew-holders at a 
regular meeting may determine. 

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. 

House of Representatives, Feb. 13, 1874. 
Passed to be enacted. 

John E. Sanford, Speaker. 

In Senate, J^eb. 13, 1874. 
George B. Loring, President. 



Passed to be enacted. 



February 14, 1874. 

Approved. W. B. Washburn. 

Secretary's Department, Boston, Feb. 16, 1874. 
A true copy. Attest : 

Oliver Warner, 
Sec'y of the Commonwealth. 



MAVERICK COXGREGATIOXAL SOCIETY. 107 

Thereupon voted unanimously to accept the Act of the 
Legislature approved Feb. 14. 1874, authorizing the Society 
to sell its real estate and for other purposes. 

Voted Unanimously to authorize the Parish or Standing 
Committee to sell all real estate belonging to the Society. 

Voted To authorize said committee to invest the proceeds 
of sale after paying all demands on said property in other 
real estate with power to mortgage the same. 

April 12, 1875. By-Law in Article 2 was altered to read 
'■ That five instead of three assessors who shall also consti- 
tute the Standing Committee." 

July 10, 1882. Voted To amend Article 4 of the plan of 
organization by striking out the word " Male " before the words 
'•Members of the Maverick Church" so that it will read 
" To avoid all misapprehension it is understood that the 
word 'Church "" signifies all members of the ^Maverick Church 
of the age of twenty-one years and upward." 

Voted That in all matters of business before the Society 
all holders of stock shall be entitled to vote on all questions; 
each stockholder having but one vote in all matters relating 
to calling or dismissing a minister, and all By-Laws or parts 
of By-Law^s inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 

March 17, 1890. Voted That in the amended Article II 
of the By-Laws the v\-ord five be erased, and the following be 
substituted, ''At least five, and there may be seven, who 
shall constitute the Standing Committee. "" 



Officers of t|e Ulaberidi Congregational Societg. 



CLERK. 

Alfred L. Lovejoy. 

Treasurer. 
Thomas B. Grimes. 

AUDITOR. 

Elmer H. Allen. 



STANDING COMMITTEE. 

Isaac N. Lothrop, J. W. Robbins, 

James A. Cochran, T. B. Grimes. 

(One vacancy.) 

COMMITTEE ON CHURCH MUSIC. 

George I. Colesworthy, Chairman. 
F. E. Dimick, Alfred L. Lovejoy. 



A BRIEF ACCOUNT 

OF 

THOSE BELONGING TO THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION 

WHO 

Volunteered in the War of the Rebellion. 



Contributed by Dea. J. H. S. Pearson, 



James Kent in his Commentaries makes the statement that 
" the history of mankind is an almost uninterrupted narra- 
tion of a state of war." Deplorable as is the art of war, 
which in a righteous cause is a fearful thing, the history of 
the Church keeps step with the history of mankind in the 
narration of its events. In the Providence of God, its mem- 
bership has oft been called upon to engage in' "this mad 
game the world so loves to play" from the days when Cain 
made war upon and slew his brother Abel. 

The "War of the Rebellion" in 1861 — 1865 was not an 
"exception to the rule," and the history of the Church of our 
Country would not be complete did it not record the names 
and deeds of those of its members who participated in the 
Great Strife. 

Undoubtedly every Church in the North in existence at 
the time of this war had its representative in arms ; and the 
altar of this great nation is more sacred for the offerings of 
its loyal sons in the sacrifice of life and limb, and the Stand- 
ard of our beloved land glows with a brighter crimson for the 
sprinkling of their hearts' blood "deeper coloring its folds." 

We here make record, as far as it is possible to do, of the 
names of members of the Maverick Church or Sunday 
School who participated by voluntary service in the Union 
Army or Navy between the years of 1861 — 1865. 



110 WAR EECORD. 

Among the number who early responded to the call of 
President Lincoln was James Redding, who for several years 
had been a member of the Sunday School. Young Redding 
enlisted in Co. "B," ist Regiment Mass. Infantry, and was 
an early martyr, falling on May 5, 1862, in the battle of the 
Wilderness. After considerable but unavoidable delay his 
body was sent home and was buried with appropriate cere- 
monies. 

Public services were held in the church, arranged by a 
committee of citizens of East Boston. The audience-room 
was filled to overflowing long before the time for the service. 
Rev. Samuel W. Foljambe of the Central Square Baptist 
Church preached the discourse and seated with him upon the 
platform were His Excellency Gov. John A. Andrew, May- 
ors Fay of Chelsea and Gaston of Roxbury, Col. Burrill and 
Lt. Col. Perkins of the Massachusetts Volunteers. 

At the close of the services a procession escorted the re- 
mains to Woodlawn Cemetery in the following order : 

(From the Boston Daily Journal, May 2b, 1862.) 

Platoon of Police. 

Chief Marshal, John P. Averill. 

Detachment of twelve men from Union Guards with reversed arms. 

Flagg's Boston Brass Band. 

The Hearse. 

Union Guards, Capt. B. F, Russell, with side arms, 

marching by the flank. 

Torrent Engine Co. No. i, of Chelsea, 

(of which deceased had been a member.) 

Delegates from the Maverick Sunday School. 

Representatives of the Lyman Grammar School. 

Relatives and friends in Carriages. 

Redding was the first soldier from East Boston whose re- 
mains were sent home and buried, although he was not the 
first martyr ; that honor belongs to Horace Colby of Co. "K," 
29th Massachusetts Regiment, who was killed June lo, 1861, 
in the battle of Big Bethel. (Colby was not connected with 
the Maverick Church, however.) 



TVAE EECOED. Ill 

Lucius Carver was a member of the Sunday School from 
his boyhood, the son of Ira and Susan Carver, active mem- 
bers of the Churcli. Young Carver was offered a commission 
in a Massachusetts regiment, but declined the offer, prefer- 
ring to join the yth Michigan Cavalry, that he might be with 
his brother-in-law, Allyne C. Litchfield, who was Colonel of 
this regiment. (Col. Litchfield was at one time, before the 
years of the war, a member of the Maverick Sunday School.) 
Carver was commissioned First Lieut, in this regiment, and 
his record as a soldier is a brilliant one. He was under the 
dashing Generals Custer and Kilpatrick, being with the latter 
on his memorable raid on Richmond in the Spring of 1864 
(at which time Col. Litchfield was made prisoner by the reb- 
els). On this raid Carver had two horses shot from under 
him, and was promoted for bravery on the field — in carrying 
despatches while exposed to fire from the rebel sharpshooters. 
Carver yielded his life in the battle of Crooked Run, near 
Front Royal, Virginia, August 16, 1864. When he was 
killed he was Acting Adjutant of the Regiment and was daily 
expecting his commission as Captain to which position he 
had been promoted as above stated. Col. Brewer, who was 
now in command of the yth, in writing of Carver's death used 
these words — " To-day I have lost my best officer, and most 
intimate friend." 

E. A. Paul, the War correspondent of the New York Times, 
who occupied Carver's tent during the night before the bat- 
tle, ^vrote the following touching words in his report of the 
battle, and which were printed in the issue of Aug. 25, 1864: 

" Among the noble spirits who yielded up their lives for 
their country in this fight (Crooked Run) was Lieut. Carver, 
Acting Adjutant of the Seventh Michigan Cavalry. He was 
almost instantly killed by a ball passing through his body, 
while charging with his regiment. He died as the true patriot 
would wish to die — facing the foe, and with shouts of victory 
ringing in his ears. Young, brave, unassuming in his man- 
ners, ever respectful to his superiors and courteous to his in- 
feriors, he was a favorite with all who knew him, and his 
death has created a void in the group within the tent where 



112 WAR RECORD. 

I now write, and whose last waking words were uttering his 
virtues and lamenting his loss which can never be filled. 
The night before the battle the writer hereof slept upon the 
ground by young Carver's side, and the patriotic words 
uttered by him during the midnight hour are yet ringing in 
his ears. 'There can be no peace,' said he, in speaking of 
the War, 'until every enemy of the Union has been disarmed,' 
and much more of a similar import. Little did I think then, 
and I cannot fully realize the fact now, that these were the 
last words he was ever to utter within my hearing, and 
that that was his last night upon earth. To-night he sleeps 
in a soldier's grave and his spirit is with the blessed." 



Lyman James was a member of the Sunday School from 
1841, entering the school upon the removal of his parents 
to East Boston in that year, when he was seven years old, 
and a member of the Church from 1852. He early be- 
came a teacher in the Sunday School and continued in that 
position until the season of the great so-called "Western 
Fever,'' when he with several others removed to Racine, Wis- 
consin. While there he established a Sunday School and 
was its Superintendent, the school being materially assisted 
by donations from the Maverick Sunday School. During 
the financial depression consequent upon the excitement, he 
came back to East Boston and the scenes of his first labors. 

At the breaking out of the War his prospects were bright 
and his situation pleasant but the voices of the men at the 
front seemed to extend to him the Macedonian cry, " Come 
and help us," and he could not help but listen and obey. 
He enlisted in Co. " E," 41st Regiment Mass. Infantry, after- 
wards known as the 3d Regiment Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 20, 
1862, as First Sergeant. He continued with this Regiment 
in its active service, on March 6, 1864, being mustered Sec- 
ond Lieutenant. During the year 1864 the disability of his 
superior officers threw the command of the company upon 
him. He participated in twelve battles, including the Siege 
of Port Hudson, the Red River Expedition and the Battle of 
Cedar Creek. It was in this battle, Oct. 19, 1864, that he 



WAE EECOED. 113 

fell, just as the gallant Sheridan had inaugurated a victory 
for the Union forces. 

The N. E. Historic-Genealogical Register thus speaking 
ing of him said : 

"Lieut. James of Co. 'E,' 3d Mass. Cavalry, mortally 
wounded in the performance of duty at the Battle of Cedar 
Creek, Va., Oct. 19, died at Winchester, Dec. 6, 1864, at the 
age of thirty years and four months. He was cousin to 
Adjutant Stearns whose memoir has been so widely circulat- 
ed, and in some respects their characters were not dissimilar. 
Lieut. James entered the army from motives of duty and 
patriotism, and by gallantry and faithfulness earned promo- 
tion." 

How well he bore himself is also told in the commenda- 
tions of his comrades-in-arms : "A splendid soldier; " "The 
flower of his Regiment;" "Unassuming and brave," etc., etc. 

After being wounded he was cared for in a private house in 
Winchester and was visited by his brother, George E. James 
of the Maverick Church, who, after Lyman's death, caused 
the remains to be sent to East Boston where they arrived 
Dec. 12, 1864. The funeral services were held in the Mav- 
erick Church on the following Sunday, Dec. 18, almost two 
weeks after his death, but by the kindly interest and offices 
of the Army Surgeons the body was so prepared that the 
casket was opened in the church, and the hundreds who had 
gathered looked fondly upon the face of their former friend 
and now country's martyr. The remains were carried to the 
quiet cemetery in Bedford, Mass., where they now lie by the 
side of his father and mother and near to many of his 
ancestors. 



William Longshaw, Jr., M. D., was a young physician 
hardly through his medical studies when the War broke upon 
us. He was a member of the Church, having joined in 1857. 
He enlisted in the United States Navy June 25, 1862, as 
Acting Assistant Surgeon, was appointed Assistant Surgeon, 
Nov. 9, 1862, and assigned to duty on the frigate "Minne- 



114 WAR KECOED. 

sota." The record would indicate that he continued with 
this ship until his death which occurred during the assault 
upon Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865. His remains lie in 
Woodlawn Cemetery, Chelsea, and upon the stone which 
marks his resting-place are the following quotations from 
official reports concerning his death : 

"I must not omit to pay a just tribute to the memory of 
the noble Assistant Surgeon, William Longshaw, Jr., who 
was shot dead near the enemy's works while engaged in an 
act of mercy, binding up the wounds of a sailor." 

" I regret to report the death of Dr. Longshaw. ^ * He 
was always near the front, and was bending over a wounded 
and dying man, when he was shot in the head and instantly 
killed. Their bodies were found together after the battle ; 
his bravery was conspicuous, and he nobly discharged the 
duties of his office." 

His heroic and self-sacrificing act has been commemorated 
by Capt. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., of the U. S. N., (who 
commanded a naval battalion during the assault,) in his Arti- 
cle on " The Bombardment and Capture of Fort Fisher," in 
the Century War Book. 

Capt. Selfridge writes as follows : 

"While kept under the walls of the fort I was an eye-wit- 
ness to an act of heroism on the part of Assistant Surgeon 
Wm. Longshaw, Jr., a young officer of the medical staff, 
whose memory should ever be kept green by his corps, and 
which deserves more than this passing notice. A sailor too 
severely wounded to help himself had fallen close to the 
water's edge and with the rising tide would have been 
drowned. Dr. Longshaw at the peril of his life went to his 
assistance, and dragged him beyond the incoming tide. At 
this moment, he heard a cry from a wounded marine, one of 
a small group who, behind a little hillock of sand, close to 
the parapet, kept up a fire upon the enemy. Longshaw ran 
to his assistance, and while attending to his wounds was shot 
dead. What made the act of the young officer even more 
heroic was the fact that on that very da}^ he had received a 
leave of absence, but had postponed his departure to volun- 
teer for the assault." 



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WAR EECOED. 115 

Isaac S. Hill was a member of the school and at times a 
teacher. He was a member of Company " K," 29th Regi- 
ment Mass. Infantry ; was captured in the engagement at 
Strawberry Plains, East Tennessee, January 10, 1864, and 
died in a rebel prison. 



Albert Cummings' name is borne upon the records of the 
Church as having died at Fortress Munroe in 1863. It has 
been impossible to gather any further data thus far concern- 
ing his service. 



" I with uncovered head 
Salute the sacred dead 
Who went, and who return not. — Say not so ! 

* * * 

I see them muster in a gleaming row; 

* * * 

They come transfigured back. 

Secure from change in their high-hearted ways, 

Beautiful evermore, and with the rays 

Of morn on their white Shields of Expectation. 



We have thus far given a brief history of the service of 
those whose lives were given up in their country's service. 
We cannot give space to more than a brief record of the 
company and regiment in which the other representatives 
of our Church and School served, save in a few instances 
where service demands a greater recognition, or has inci- 
dents of particular interest. 



Joseph S. Manning was a member of Co. " K," 29th Mass. 
Infantry and was with this regiment during its long term of 
service. Was wounded in engagement at Campbell Station, 
East Tennessee, Nov. 16, 1863, and on the 29th of Novem- 



116 WAB RECORD. 

ber, 1863, distinguished himself by a personal act of bravery 
in capturing the color-bearer and colors of the i6th Georgia 
Regiment, C. S. A., in the engagement at Fort Sanders, 
Knoxville, East Tennessee. For this brave act young Man- 
ning was given a Medal of Honor by Special Act of Congress. 
His name is also enrolled in "The Bravest 500 of 1861 " a 
work compiled by Brig. Gen. Theo. F. Rodenborough ; and 
he is at present (1894) Adjutant of the Medal of Honor 
Legion. 



Joseph W. Robbins, son of Deacon Joseph Robbins, en- 
listed July I, 1862, in Company " B," ist Regiment Mass. 
Infantry, and saw severe service under Gen. Joseph Hooker, 
or "Fighting Joe," as he was familiarly called by his com- 
mand. Participated in the battles of "Bristol Station," 
"Second Bull Run," "Chantilly," "Fredericksburg," " Chan- 
cellorsville," "Gettysburg" and " Wapping Heights." This 
regiment was also one of the three veteran regiments sent 
back from the front to quell the great draft riots in New York 
in 1863. Robbins was taken sick in New York with an ill- 
ness which lasted a year and a half, and which came very 
near terminating fatally. He was discharged from service 
November 4, 1863. 



John M. Duncan passed examination for a position in 
U. S. Navy as Assistant Engineer, July, 1863, and during 
August following was ordered to report, and was attached to 
the North Atlantic Squadron. Participated in the attacks on 
Fort Fisher and taking of Wilmington. Duncan was also of 
the detail which at Fortress Monroe in the following March 
had under guard the Chief of the Southern Confederacy, 
Jefferson Davis, and the party captured with him; afterwards 
depositing seven of the number in Fort McHenry. Partici- 
pated in the reduction of the forts in the James River, and 
also in the final capture of Richmond, entering that strong- 
hold on the same day as did President Lincoln. 



WAR EECORD. 117 

A. Sidney Auld enlisted Aug. 6. 1862, in Co. " C," 13th 
Regiment Mass. Infantry, and was in the First Corps Army 
of the Potomac under Gen. Reynolds, and Fifth Corps, Gen. 
Warren. Participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, 
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. Gettysburg, 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Siege of Peters- 
burg. Was wounded at Fredericksburg and taken prisoner 
at Gettysburg, but was paroled and afterwards exchanged. 
Mustered out of service at the expiration of the regiment's 
term, July 16, 1864. 

William Bangs enlisted in the navy and saw severe ser- 
vice. He was on board the frigate '* Congress " in the great 
naval battle in Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862, when she 
was disabled by the rebel ram " Merrimac " and suffered 
from her terrific fire of shot and shell. Lieut. Joseph Smith 
was in command of this vessel, until killed early in the en- 
gagement. It was of him (Smith) that, when the despatch 
cam.e to his father, Commodore Smith, on duty at Washing- 
ton, that the "Congress" had shown the white flag, he 
quietly said "Joe's dead." Bangs was severely burned at 
this time, recovered and saw more service : but it has been 
impossible to obtain further data concerning him. 



George S. Harrington enlisted in Co. " C," 40th Regi- 
ment ("Mozart's") New York Infantrv-, June 14, 1861. and 
continued with this Regiment until mustered out at the ex- 
piration of term of service, Nov. 5, 1864 : participating in all 
its engagements, thirty-one in number, including those 
of the Peninsular Campaign, and the battles of the Wilder- 
ness, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and 
Petersburg. He was in the Color-guard of his Company, 
bearing the colors at Fredericksburg, and was wounded at 
Malvern Hill and Chancellorsville. The regiment was dur- 
ing the larger portion of its term of service a part of the 
Third Corps, under Generals McLellan, Burnside, Meade, 
and Grant respectively. 



118 WAR RECORD. 

J. Sturgis Wright was a member of Co. "K," 29th Regi- 
ment, Mass. Infantry. Enlisting early in the War he was 
present with his regiment at Newport News in 1862 and be- 
held the historic naval engagement between the " Monitor " 
and " Merrimac." This was the first Northern regiment to 
pass through Norfolk, Va., and an interesting feature of their 
passage was the singing of "John Brown's Body" by the en- 
tire regiment much to the disgust of the inhabitants of the 
place. Served with McLellan through the Peninsular Cam- 
paign, and was in the Seven Days' Fight ; also in battles of 
Gaines' Mills, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, 
and Malvern Hill. Afterwards at Paris, Ky., where the 29th 
had charge of the prison containing rebel soldiers and sym- 
pathizers ; then at Vicksburg, and later at Siege of Knox- 
ville, and with Grant during his campaign, participating in 
the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania. Returned 
home May 20, 1864, and was discharged Aug. 16, same year. 
Re-enhsted in March, 1865, in Co. "K," 13th Ohio Cavalry, 
and was at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court 
House April 9, 1865, and was mustered out of service 
July 4, 1865. 



Jonathan Brearley, Elijah C. Crane, Charles A. Lit- 
TLEFiELD, JoHN S. DeArcy and George H. Rymill were 
members of Co. "E," 41st Mass. Infantry. After the first 
year of service this regiment was changed into a cavalry reg- 
iment, and was known as the 3d Regiment Mass. Cavalry. 
It was a portion of the Army of the Gulf, and later of the 
Department of the Shenandoah, and participated, when cav- 
alry, in the dashing exploits of the fearless soldier General 
Custer. Among their engagements were the battles of Irish 
Bend, La., Siege of Port Hudson, Red River Expedition and 
those of the Campaign of Gen. Sheridan in the Shenandoah 
Valley. 

In the early summer of 1864 Confederate operations under 
General Jubal Early was the occasion of a thorough scare in 



WAR EECOED. 119 

Washington, especially when the rebel, Gen. Early, threat- 
ened an invasion of Pennsylvania in order to mask a contem- 
plated dash on Baltimore and Washington. Gov. Andrew 
was in Washington at the time and preferred troops from 
Massachusetts ; accordingly a call was issued for four thou- 
sand infantry for the protection of Washington. Among 
these troops was the 42 d Regiment of Massachusetts Volun- 
teers, which had before seen service in '62 and '63 in the 
Department of the Gulf, in Texas and Louisiana. The regi- 
ment was re-inforced by new recruits many of whom were 
boys hardly out of school. In Companies "B" and "C" 
were a large number from East Boston, most of whom were 
members of the Maverick and Church of Our Father (Unita- 
rian) Sunday Schools. Those from the Maverick were 
Edward S. Averill, George I. Bingham, George A. Burg, 
Henry H. Hall, William T. Hall, Henry H. Morse, 
Charles W. Morse, J. H. S. Pearson, J. Clark Read, 
Frank H. Wheeler and John S. White, Jr. The regiment 
went into camp July 18, 1864, and was sent to Washington, 
and from here was ordered into camp on Shuter's Hill, near 
Fort Ellsworth, about one mile from the city. The regiment 
expected, and would have preferred to see active service in 
the field, for the men were put to such arduous and exacting 
service that Gen. Slough, who commanded, was remonstrated 
with, and his attention called to the fact that the regiment 
was overworked, and that flesh and blood could not stand the 
strain without some rest, which the general frankly admitted 
but claimed that he could rely on the Massachusetts men 
while those from other States, of which there were several 
regiments, were not reliable. The consequence was that 
about one hundred men came back home sick, and for many 
months, and in some instances years, were unfit to engage in 
any occupation. There were a number of deaths, one East 
Boston boy, Wallace T. Fowler of the Unitarian Sunday 
School, beloved by all his comrades, being among the number. 
The fighting between Sheridan and Early in the Shenan- 
doah Valley kept the regiment in constant activity guarding 



120 WAR RECORD. 

the trains freighted with supplies for Sheridan ; occasionally 
meeting and skirmishing with the rebel guerillas who in- 
fested the line of road. The regiment was mustered out 
Nov. II, but were instructed by Gov. Andrew to hold them- 
selves in readiness for further service. No further service 
was required, however. 



Isaac L. Pratt was a member of Co. " I," 47th Regiment 
Mass. Infantry, serving with it in the Department of the Gulf. 



Henry Newcomb enlisted as drummer-boy of i6th Unat- 
tached Co. Mass. Infantry for the summer of 1864. At the 
expiration of his term as drummer, he re-enlisted as a private 
soldier for service in the South, but was not accepted, failing 
to meet the requirement as to height. 



John Upton was a member of the School who went into 
service ; but up to the time of writing it has been impossible 
to ascertain sufficient data to give his record of service. 
The files at the state house do not show record of his being 
credited to Massachusetts, and the absence of his name there 
would indicate that he is credited to some other state, as in 
the case of Lucius Carver and John M. Duncan, who are 
credited to Michigan and New York respectively. And the 
writer of this chapter would here say that undoubtedly there 
are others who were members of the Church or Sunday 
School whose names should be inscribed here, but are not 
for want of sufficient documentary evidence. 



All the names heretofore recorded have been obtained 
through personal knowledge by comrades-in-arms or from 
near relatives who have been consulted in the preparation of 
this brief history. 



WAR EECOED. 121 

William H. Ward had been a member of the church for 
several years, a teacher in the School and its Superintendent 
in i860 and 1861. At the time of his enlisting he was con- 
nected with the Park St. Church, having married just prior 
to his enlistment and removed from East Boston ; but it 
seems that as he was so closely identified with the School for 
so many years and honored it in his service, at least Honor- 
able Mention should be made of his service. He was a 
member of Co. "K," 45th Mass. Infantry, and its service was 
largely in North Carolina. Participated in the battles of 
Kingston, Dec. 14, '62, Whitehall, Dec. 16, Goldsboro, Dec. 
17, and Gum Swamp, April 28, 1863. He with other Chris- 
tian men in the 45th erected a log church in which regular 
meetings were held for a time and also taught at times in a 
Sunday School of colored children in Newbern. 



It is not the purport of this Chapter to make record of the 
many soldiers who from time to time since the close of the 
War have been connected with the Church or School, it being 
a record of those who represented us during 1861 — 1865 as 
soldiers or sailors in defence of the flag. There have come 
among us, however, since those years, a few who have given 
of their strength, means, and influence, and have by the suf- 
frages of the membership of the Church been exalted to office, 
who bear honorable record of service. The writer, therefore, 
wishes to make Honorable Mention of Deacons Orlando W. 
Dimick, Samuel H. Holbrook and J. Willard Brown, with 
brief sketches of their service. 



Deacon Orlando W. Dimick — elected Deacon Oct. 30, 
187 1, and served in the office until Jan. 7, 1878, and removing 
from East Boston to Watertown, Mass. — was a member of 
Companies "H" and "F," nth Regiment New Hampshire 
Infantry. He enlisted as private and by valiant service was 
promoted to be Captain of his Company. Was in the severe 
engagements in which his regiment participated ; was taken 



122 WAR RECORD. 

prisoner, and confined in rebel prisons at Macon and Savan- 
nah, Ga., and Charleston and Columbia, S. C. 



Deacon Samuel H. Holbrook — elected Deacon Jan. 5, 
1885, and served until removing to Newport, Vt, July 15, 
1887 — was a member of Company " F," nth Regiment Ver- 
mont Infantry, enlisting as private and being advanced to 
Lieutenant commanding Company. Was with his regiment 
during the entire service from August ii, 1862, until August 
25, 1865, at close of War, with the exception of a furlough of 
twenty days. Was in all the engagements in which the regi- 
ment participated, and was wounded at battle of Cold Har- 
bor, June I, 1864, and Siege of Petersburg, April 2, 1865. 
In the battle of Cedar Creek (where Lt. Lyman James fell) 
every non-commissioned officer in his Company was either 
killed or wounded and every commissioned officer was a pris- 
oner or in hospital. Holbrook was made Corporal and put 
in command of his Company. Soon after was made Orderly 
Sergeant and on August 2, 1865, commanded his Company 
in the assault on the fortifications at Petersburg, in which 
every man in his Company was either killed or wounded. 
Dea. Holbrook is, at present writing, a resident of Newport, 
Vt. 



Deacon J. Willard Brown — elected Deacon Feb. i?, 1892, 
— enlisted in Co. "K," 7th Regiment Mass. Infantry, May 24, 
1861, and was with this Company until promoted Second 
Lieut, in the Signal Corps, U. S. A., July 15, 1864, his com- 
mission, however, dating from March 3, 1863. He served 
at Washington, Fredericksburg, in the Shenandoah Valley, 
Beaufort, S. C, and at the Siege of Suffolk. Lt. Brown's 
service continued after the War of the Rebellion closed, he 
being assigned, in 1865, to the staff of Gen. P. E. Connor, as 
Chief Signal Officer, District of the Plains, and participated 
in the campaigns against the Indians on Powder and Tongue 



WAR RECORD. 123 

rivers, Wyoming and Montana, and was mustered out 
December, 1865. 



In addition to these three, Joseph W. Robbins and J. H. S. 
Pearson, whose records previously appear, have served the 
Church as Deacons. 



It is but fitting that this Chapter should contain mention 
of the first woman-nurse in the field. Miss Armeda Gibbs, so 
long associated with this Church and the founder of the 
Union Mission Chapel. Instrumental in forming the Mater- 
nal Association of this Church, as far as possible she followed 
the steps of the boys whose mothers had gathered with her in 
the monthly meetings of this association. When the War 
came on, many of these boys enlisted. Some of them were 
wounded ; others were sick in hospitals or were in peculiar 
need of sympathy or help. A call came for help for the sick 
and dying at, Annapolis, Md. Suggestions of women-nurses 
were made. Women were needed and a plan was entered 
into at once by which to send them. There was much 
opposition among the surgeons and army officers at Annapo- 
lis ; but finally consent was gained that the experiment 
should be tried. Miss Gibbs was suggested as the first one 
to go. She was ready if she could be released by the City 
Missionary Society in whose service she had been for many 
years. That Society being in full sympathy with the plan of 
sending women-nurses, with Miss Gibbs' desire they released 
her, and she became the first woman-nurse in the field. 
Reaching Annapolis she at once disarmed all prejudice and 
won all hearts ; so that word came back " If you have any 
more women like Miss Gibbs send them down to us." She 
remained with the boys, ministering to their temporal and 
spiritual wants, endearing every heart to her, until she was at 
last herself prostrated by disease. Word came one day that 
she was dying, and asking what disposition should be made 
of her body. Word went back at once, "Care for it tenderly ; 



124 WAB KECOKD. 

embalm it; put it in a metallic casket, and forward it to East 
Boston. But Christian people in the community began to 
feel that this sickness need not be unto death; and it was 
said " Let us try the power of prayer." The Sabbath came ; 
word was sent to all the churches in East Boston and to oth- 
ers in the city and vicinity. The Mission Chapel spent the 
whole day in fasting and prayer. Never before in Boston 
had there been a day like that for an individual. Sabbath 
afternoon, towards evening, word came, "Miss Gibbs begins 
to rally." She continued to improve ; was spared ; returned 
home; resumed her labors for the poor and outcast in the 
service of the City Missionary Society ; and labored until 
called to her rest, August 27, 1884. 



" O Beautiful ! my Country ! ours once more 
Smoothing thy gold of war-dishevelled hair 
O'er such sweet brows as never other wore, 
And letting thy set lips, 
Freed from wrath's pale eclipse, 
The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, 
What words divine of lover or of poet 
Could tell our love and make thee know it. 
Among the Nations bright beyond compare? 
What were our lives without thee .'* 
What all our lives to save thee? 
We reck not what we gave thee ; 
We will not dare to doubt thee. 
But ask whatever else, and we will dare ! " 



WAR EECORD. 



125 



ROSTER. (Alphabetical List.) 



Auld, A. Sidney 

Averill, Edward S. 
Bangs, William 
Bingham, George I. 
Brearley, Jonathan 
Burg, George A. 
Carver, Lucius 
Crane, Elijah 
Cummings, Albert 
DeArcy, John S. 
Duncan. John M. 
Hall. Henn- H. 
HaU. William T. 
Harrington. George E. 
Hill. Isaac S. 
James, Lyman 
Littlefield, Charles A. 
Longshaw. Wm. ( 
Jr., M. D. \ 

Manning. Joseph S. 

Morse, Henry H. 
Morse, Charles W. 
Xewcomb, Henry 
Pearson. J. H. S. 
Pratt, Isaac L. 
Read, Josiah C. 
Redding, James 
Robbins, Joseph W. 
Rymill, George S. 
Upton, John 
Ward. William H. 
Wheeler, Frank H. 
White, John S., Jr. 
Wright, J. Sturgis 



BRANCH OF SERVICE. 

Co. C, 13 Mass. Inf. 

Frig. "Congress" U.S.N. 

Co. C, 42 Mass. Inf. 

" E, 3 •• Cav. 

'• C. 42 •• Inf. 

•' 7 Mich. Cav. 

" E, 3 Mass. ■• 
L'nknown. 
Co. E, 3 Mass Cav. 
U. S. Xavy. 
Co. C. 42 Mass. Inf. 





K. 

E. 


40 

29 

3 


X. Y 

Mass. 


Cav. 


Fn 


gate;- 


Minnesota" 
S. X. 


Co 


K 


29 
42 


Mass 


Inf. 



REMARKS. 

Wounded in battle 
In Rebel Prison. 

Severely burned. 

Wounded in battle. 

Killed, Crooked Run. 

Died, Fort. Munroe. 



Wounded in battle. 
Died in Rebel Prison. 
Killed, Cedar Creek. 

\ Killed in Assault on 
I Fort Fisher. 
Wounded in battle. 
I\Iedal of Honor. 



loth Un. Co. " 

Co. C. 42 " 

•• 1.47 " 

" C, 42 » 

•■ B. I 



•• E, " 
L'nknown. 
Co. K. 45 Mass. Inf. 

.. c,42 •• •• 

" B. •• 

•• K,'29 " 



Killed, Williamsburg. 



Cav. 



Wounded in battle. 



126 WAR RECORD. 

ROSTER. (By Regiments, etc.) 



I J-/ Regiment Mass. Infantry. 
James Redding, Co. B. 
Joseph W. Robbins, Co. B. 

13//^ Regiment., Mass. Infantry. 
A. Sidney Auld, Co. C. 

29M Regiment, Mass. Infantry. 
Isaac S. Hill, Co. K. 
Joseph S. Manning, Co. K. 
J. Sturgis Wright, " 

\\st Regiment Mass. Infantry, {afterwards ^id Mass. Cavalry.) 
Jonathan Brearley, Co. E. 
Elijah C. Crane, " 

John S. DeArcy. " 

Lyman James, " 

Charles A. Littlefield " 
George S. Rymill " 

\2d Regiment Mass. Infantry. 
Edward S. Averill, Co. C. 
George I. Bingham, " 
George A. Burg, " 

Henry H. Hall, 
WilHam T. Hall, 
Henry H. Morse, 
Charles W. Morse, " 
J. H. S. Pearson, " 

Josiah C. Read, " 

Frank H. Wheeler, " 
John H. White, Jr., Co. B. 

45//^ Regiment Mass. Infantry. 
William H. Ward, Co. K. 

d^lth Regi?nent Mass. Infantry. 
Isaac L. Pratt, Co. I. 

loth Unattached Co. Mass. Infantry. 
Henry Newcomb. 

\oth Regiynent New York Infantry. 
George S. Harrington, Co. C. 

"jth Regiment Michigan Cavalry. 
Lucius Carver, Co. — 

United States Navy. 

William Bangs, Frigate " Congress." 

John M. Duncan, North Atlantic Squadron. 

William Longshaw, Jr., M. D., Frigate *' Minnesota." 

Unknown. 

Albert Cummings. 
John Upton. 



A VERBATIM REPORT 

OF THE 

Pistorital Sermon anir ^bkesses 

AT THE 

50TH flNNIVERSJlRY OF THE ORGMIZIITION OF THE CHURCH. 



Quite an interest had been felt by some of the older mem- 
bers of the Maverick Church as the time drew near indicat- 
ing the fiftieth anniversary of its organization, that a fitting 
celebration of the event might be made, and on the 19th day 
of March, 1886, at a meeting of the Church, it was voted, 
That a Committee be appointed to observe the fiftieth anni- 
versary of the organization of the church by appropriate exer- 
cises. The Committee consisted of Dea. Isaac N. Lothrop, 
Benjamin F. Butler, Mrs. Thomas D. Demond, Mrs. Albert 
Bowker, Mrs. Harriet E. M. Foltz ; and on the second day of 
June, A. D. 1886, the Committee in the discharge of its duties 
had made preparations so that the day was made one of 
peculiar interest to all the past and present members of the 
church and to the many invited guests who participated in 
the exercises of the occasion. 

At an early hour of the afternoon the past and present 
members of the Church and Society began to arrive so that 
when the exercises at 3 o'clock commenced, a large company 
were present. The church had been tastefully decorated 
with banners and flowers, the latter in profusion. Fronting 
the pulpit were potted plants filled in with bouquets and 
baskets of cut and wild flowers. Banners of white silk on 
either side of the pulpit, bearing the names of the pastors of 
the church from its organization to the present time, 
were very handsomely looped up behind the pulpit; on 



128 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 

either side were streamers of Red and White bunting 
with the initials S. L. B. and B. F. B., standing for the 
names of Sarah L. Bowker, wife of Hon. Albert Bowker, and 
Benjamin F. Butler, the sole survivors of the original ten 
members of the Maverick Church. The organ front was also 
tastefully adorned. On a canopy of white satin hung in 
graceful folds over the organist was the scriptural motto in- 
scribed in large satin letters, "Gloria in excelsis.'"' The front 
of the gallery was bordered with Turkish red crepe with the 
following inscription, " Not unto us, O Lord, but unto Thy 
name." The organist was Mrs. Lyman W. Clark, and the 
church quartette consisted of Mrs. O. N. Prescott, Soprano ; 
Mrs. G. F. Paine, Alto ; Mr. M. A. McKie, Tenor, and Mr. 
R. J. Elder, Bass. 

The exercises were in charge of the Pastor, Rev. Elijah 
Horr, D.D., and were commenced by the invocation by Rev. 
Asa Bullard, D. D., as follows : 

"Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we invoke Thy 
presence and Thy blessing upon this company assembled 
here; we thank Thee that so many people have gathered here 
to unite in these services, we thank Thee for the many pleas- 
ant reminiscences during the past fifty years, that so many 
have been called of God, and we thank Thee for all thy kind 
care over this Church in the past, for the prosperity this 
Church enjoys at the present time, and we pray that it may 
have even a greater prosperity in the years to come; we pray 
that it may have an increase in spiritual life. Wilt Thou be 
with us during this service, when we gather in the evening, 
and may everything that is said and done be acceptable in 
Thy sight, oh. Lord, our Strength and our Redeemer, Amen." 
Anthem, " Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised." 
Scriptures read by Rev. John L. Scott, Pastor Presbyte- 
rian Church, East Boston, 47th and 48th Psalms. " Oh, clap 
your hands, all ye people." 

Singing by the Choir, "Glory be to the Father." 

Prayer offered by Rev. J. W. Wellman, D. D., as follows : 



FIFTIETH ANNIVEBSAEY OF THE CHUKCH. 129 

" Oh : Thou, who art from everlasting to everlasting, with- 
out beginning, without end, King of Kings, and Lord of 
Lords, the only true God, we come unto Thee, we adore 
Thee, we praise Thee, we glorify Thee ; it is the joy of our 
hearts to know that Thou art lifted above us and our changes 
here in the world, and we say from ' everlasting to everlast- 
ing.' We come unto Thee to unite ourselves to Thee as ever 
the same, the unchangeable and glorious God and Father of 
our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who art our Father: we come unto 
Thee to give Thee thanks to-day ; we praise Thee for this 
Church of Christ, we thank Thee for its organization half a 
century ago ; we thank Thee for the godly men and women 
who with faith and holy devotion bound themselves as one, 
pledging themselves here as a Church of Christ to do the 
work of the church and to offer the Gospel of Christ, even 
the light eternal, to all who would come to the Great Head 
of the church, Christ Jesus the Saviour. We thank Thee 
that this church has been kept through all these many years, 
for all who have loved this church and given themselves 
freely for this church, who have lived lives of prayer, and in 
all their prayers prayed for its prosperity, that it might be 
united and faithful in christian work and love for Christ. 
We thank Thee for these office bearers, for the line of godly 
ministers who have stood before this church and in the name 
of Christ preached the gospel and brought the messages of 
Heaven here ; we thank thee for their words and their works 
do follow them ; we thank Thee for those who are living, for 
those who have ascended ; we thank Thee so many have left 
records of fidelity and loyalty ; we thank Thee for the mem- 
bers of this church, for the earliest members, many of whom 
have gone to the Church Triumphant ; we thank Thee from 
year to year so many have been gathered in here, and though 
many of them are scattered over the country and the world, 
so many remain, and are still keeping their covenant vows to 
be faithful in their services to this church of Christ; we 
thank Thee for their fellowship, for their labors of love, 



130 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHUECH. 

and may they now come and consecrate themselves anew to 
the service of Christ our Lord in this his church; we thank 
Thee for the hallowed memories that come to the hearts of 
this people to-day, for all the recollections that will be revived 
this afternoon and evening ; we thank Thee that there is so 
much that is hallowed and precious in the history of this 
church ; and now our prayer is that from all these services 
we may receive spiritual benefit and be brought very near to 
Thee our Lord and Saviour; that as this church begins a 
new series of years, it may begin with new faith, new devo- 
tion to Christ, and be even more fruitful than in the past, 
and may the Pastor of this church to-day have his heart filled 
so that from this day, he may go forth with more joy in the 
service of Christ than ever before and with a deeper assur- 
ance that Christ is living in this church; and now wilt Thou 
accept our prayer and bless us this afternoon and this eve- 
ning ; remember us in all these services to-day, all those who 
will gather in this church in the coming years, and at last be 
called to the better service in the company of our Lord, and 
to the Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise and true 
God, be honor and glory, forever. Amen." 
Choir and Congregation joined in singing. 



Oh, 'twas a joyful sound to hear 

Our tribes devoutly say, 
" Up, Israel, to the temple haste, 

And keep the festal day." 

At Salem's Courts we must appear, 
With our assembled powers, 

In strong and beauteous order ranged, 
Like her united towers. 

Oh, pray we then for Salem's peace ! 

For they shall prosperous be, 
Thou holy city of our God, 

Who bear true love to thee. 



FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 131 

Dr. Horr made remarks as follows : — 

" I have been assigned by the Committee to make the His- 
torical Address, and I wish to ask the indulgence of the 
members of this church. On account of my coming so re- 
cently to this parish, I cannot expect to satisfy your expecta- 
tions in what I shall bring to you. I am very sure I have 
your sympathy in this matter, if you could catch anything of 
the inspiration from what I have been obliged to hastily put 
together, as I have spent days and I may almost say nights 
in looking through the history of this church, and I am sure 
this occasion would be of double interest to you, but such as 
I have I bring to you this afternoon." 

Historical Address by Rev. Elijah Horr, D. D. 

HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 

" In one of the Messianic Psalms, the Seer from the Mount 
of Vision, beholding the rise and progress of the Redeemer's 
Kingdom in the earth, breaks out in the triumphant song, 
'There shall be a handful of corn in the earth, upon the 
top of the mountains, the fruit thereof shall shake like Leb- 
anon and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.' 

" This has usually been the key-note and prophecy of the 
growth of the Church in the earth ; so it began on Bethany's 
Hill-top, as the first company of believers stood entranced, 
looking into the blue Heavens at its ascending Lord, and 
coming down from thence was the seed from which sprang 
churches in every part of the world. 

" Our forefathers from Old England, came across the tur- 
bulent waters, to plant the vital seeds of truth in the wilder, 
ness of the Western world, — they baptized it with their tears 
and fertilized it with their blood until the harvest thereof 
shakes to-day like Lebanon. The great Christian Church of 
America in all its branches — a mighty host — has sprung from 
little seed that did not give promise, from the standpoint of 
human prophecy, of much fruitage, it germinated under most 
unpromising conditions. Often it may have had a feeble and 
sickly growth for a long time perhaps, but at last the fruit 
shakes like Lebanon. 



132 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 

" The genesis of work in individual churches would be in 
epitome like the general church or that of any single denom- 
ination. Little things, relatively considered, are of vast im- 
port in the kingdoms of Nature and grace for from them in 
the order of God's evolution, great things develop. 

" It is comparatively easy to write out the mere facts and 
simple incidents of a human life but this would be biography 
only in outline ; only God and the recording angels, if such 
there be, could fill out the record, with the hopes and fears, 
joys and sorrows, conflicts and victories that are the most 
important factors in the history ; and the real elements out 
of which the character has been made and its strength or 
weakness developed according as it has appropriated and 
built in the good ; or eliminated and discarded the evil. 

" So the history of a Christian Church, although it may 
run through the long period of half a century, might be written 
out on a few pages, — for in the nature of things it can only 
be given in merest outline, let who may fill out the record ! 
What lips could tell the anxiety of the planting of the seed, 
how slowly it germinated and rooted, how patiently and with 
what constant care the tender shoot was watched and tended, 
how certain influences retarded for a time, and others equally 
hard to define accelerated the growth, until at last through 
the long years it has grown to be a goodly tree under whose 
ample shadow many persons and families rest in peace and 
hope. 

" That part of the goodly city of Boston usually denomi- 
nated the Island Ward, has a history whose commencement 
dates from a comparatively recent period, at least so far as it 
relates to the history of a community. The Island is first 
spoken of in Anthon's History in 1629 as having been con- 
veyed to Sir Wm. Brereton of Handforth of the county of 
Chester, England, and for a period it bore his name; it 
seems for a little while subsequently to have been called 
Williams' Island after a family who were lessees for more than 
half a century, but the name by which the Island was famil- 



FIFTIETH AXNITEESAEY OF THE CHURCH, 133 

iarly known from the earliest knowledge of it until the pres- 
ent time has been Noddle's Island. 

" This name is involved in obscurity and it is said by the 
painstaking historian, Mr. Sumner, that no one is able to 
give an altogether satisfactory reason for this name, which 
appears in the records and surveys at a ver}^ early date. 

"Until the formation of the East Boston Company in 1833 
the Island was simply used for ordinary farm purposes and 
pasturage. It supplied the north part of the city with milk 
which was taken over in an ordinary row boat and peddled 
out to customers from a hand cart. There are many now liv- 
ing who remember those days, when there was hardly more 
than a single dwelling house where now there are nearly 
40,000 inhabitants. 

"The first house was built after the Company took posses- 
sion and began operations in 1834. During the next year 
about 200 residents had located upon the Island and so far 
as I am able to ascertain the first religious service held — a 
prayer meeting — was at the house of a ]\Ir, Pierce on what 
would now be the corner of Sumner and Bremen streets. It 
was an undenominational gathering, of all Christians w^ho 
could be induced to come. ]\Ir. Pierce, the owner of the 
house, was subsequently converted and united with the 
Church under its first Pastor, the Rev. Mr. Newell. He be- 
came a devoted Christian and was for years a useful man in 
church and society. This service was held in the fall of 1835, 
— the first preaching service was in the fall of the same year 
in a house on the corner of Princeton street. Rev. Wm, M. 
Rogers of the Central Church in Boston, preached and con- 
ducted the service. After this, Rev. Seth Bliss, Agent of the 
Tract Society, preached occasionally and prayer meetings 
were held with considerable regularity. 

" Early in '36 there was talk of the organization of a church. 
In the spring of the same year it was thought that a favorable 
time for the effort had arrived. A number of persons, mem- 
bers of different churches, held a meeting on Thursday eve- 
ning, Ma)^ 5, at the residence of ]\Ir. Aaron Ordway for 



134 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 

consultation. After prayer and much deliberation, it was re- 
solved that it was expedient to proceed to form a church and 
a committee was appointed to notify the ministers in the city 
of the proposed action, and to seek their advice and co-opera- 
tion in further proceedings. 

" By the advice of the ministers, it was decided to proceed 
at once to the preliminary steps necessary to a church organ- 
ization ; and letters missive were issued on the 12th of May, 
calling a council to organize a church. At the same time a 
committee was chosen to converse with those who might 
offer themselves for admission, in relation to their Christian 
experience. 

"The council met pursuant to call on May 31. 

"It was composed of ministers and delegates from six 
churches. Among these ministers are historic names for this 
region, and indeed for New England Congregationalism. 
Drs. Codman, Winslow, Blagden and Nehemiah Adams. 

"It is not unlikely that every member of the Council that 
originally formed this church has passed upward to 'the gen- 
eral assembly and Church of the first-born whose names are 
written in Heaven.' 

"The names of the original members were : Eleazar John- 
son, Philip Lord, Aaron Ordway, B. F. Butler, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Johnson, Mrs. Mary Jane Butler, Mrs. Catharine Ordway, 
Mrs. Susan Lord, Mrs. Sarah Haynes, Miss Sarah Lamson 
(Bowker.) These were organized into a church under the 
name of The First Congregational Church in East Boston. 
The organization bore this name until July, of '37, when it 
was changed to Maverick Church, which it has borne for 
nearly half a century. 

" The East Boston Company had offered to give a lot of 
land for a church building to the first society that would 
erect an edifice ; and in pursuance of this promise, deeded to 
this society the land on which the present Universalist 
Church now stands in Central Square. This lot was after- 
wards changed for another on Maverick street, where the first 
church edifice was subsequently built, which building is still 



FIFTIETH ANNIVEKSAEY OF THE CHUECH. 135 

Standing and at present occupied for a Roman Catholic 
school. 

" A temporary vestry was erected during June and July of 
1836. The first sermon in it was preached by Prof. Wood of 
Andover, who after preaching officiated at the first commun- 
ion service in the history of the Society. 

"The Sabbath School specifically connected with the 
church was organized at this time. A Sabbath School had 
been organized previous to this but it was undenominational 
in name and character. 

" Various ministers supplied the pulpit during the summer 
and autumn as they could be obtained. 

" The Society began soon to contemplate the building of a 
church. Stock subscriptions were canvassed for, and enough 
was secured in the late autumn to warrant the commencement 
of an edifice in December. The work was carried forward as 
the season permitted and was completed in the following July. 

"In April of 1837, at a church meeting, a call was extend- 
ed to Rev. W. W. Newell of Brighton to become Pastor at a 
salary of $1,000 for the first year — with $100 annual increase 
for five years, providing the Society should increase so as to 
admit of it — with four weeks' vacation. 

" The call was not formally accepted by Mr. Newell until 
the June following. 

" A Council was called to meet on the 19th of July for the 
installation of the new Pastor and for the dedication of the 
new church edifice. This was a large Council for those days, 
sixteen churches by their delegates actually participating. 
The dedicatory prayer was offered by Rev. G. W. Blagden ; 
the installing prayer by Rev. W. M. Rogers ; the sermon was 
preached by Rev. Hubbard Winslow. 

"Thus on July 19, 1837, the little Society — after three 
years of preliminary labor, much prayer and many alternating 
hopes and fears — had come into the possession of a church 
edifice and had a regularly installed Pastor. 

" The enterprise was still in its infancy, but it was a well- 
formed, promising child and would, with careful nurture and 



136 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHTTRCH. 

favoring Providences, come to maturity of power and in- 
fluence. 

" The first Deacon elected by the Church was Aaron Ord- 
way ; he at first declined the office but on the March follow- 
ing, having been again elected, he accepted the position. He 
held the office for only a few months ; was re-elected again in 
March of '39 but declined to serve. 

" It seems to have somewhat difficult in the early years of 
the church to secure men for this honored and useful office. 
Rev. Mr. Newell remained pastor of the church until July 
21, 1841, when by his own request he was dismissed on ac- 
count of ill-health. The church had increased in members 
and influence, making for so young a church quite a remark- 
able progress during his pastorate. 

"The young church was nov^^ without a pastor until the 
Rev. Amos A. Phelps, having accepted the unanimous call of 
Church and Society, was installed in March of 1842. 

" Mr. Phelps was a man of positive convictions, in refer- 
ence to matters in both Church and State. He had before 
his call to this church been agent for the Boston City Mis- 
sionary Society and accepted the call to Maverick Church 
subject to a semi-continuance of such relation for a time at 
least. Mr. Phelps remained with the church a little over 
three years, during which it grew in membership and influ- 
ence; it seems to have kept pace in these regards with the 
steady growth of the community. Maverick Church was in 
these days a recognized religious force and made itself felt as 
a powder in moulding public sentiment, and helpful in the 
direction of local and general charities at home and abroad. 

"In 1845 Mr. Phelps requested that he might be relieved 
from the Pastorate, on account of inadequate health for the 
performance of its duties; and the relation was dissolved by 
a Council that met in June. It is stated that Mr. Phelps is 
the only one, of the 1 1 Pastors that the church has had, that 
is known to have deceased up to the present time. 

" Before this time the Society had so increased in numbers 
and financial ability as to seriously consider the project of 



FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 137 

erecting a better and more commodious house of worship, 
and during this year, 1845, only nine years after the forma- 
tion of the church, there was erected on the corner of Mav- 
erick Square what was doubtless for those days an unusually 
fine church edifice. This building, which is still standing in 
good condition, served the Church and Society until the erec- 
tion of their present noble structure. 

" Rev. Robert S. Hitchcock was called from New Bedford 
to succeed Mr. Phelps and was installed on the i8th Nov. 
1846. Mr. Hitchcock's pastorate continued until 1850, when 
after a time he was succeeded by Rev. Rufus W. Clark, of 
Portsmouth, N. H. 

''This pastorate continued for about 5-^ years and was a 
time of unusual harmony and prosperity in all departments of 
the church. Mr. Clark secured early the respect and love of 
the Church and congregation alike. The Lord blessed the 
ministerial labors of Pastor and people ; many were added to 
the church by profession of faith, the benevolent contributions 
were largely augmented and the Sunday School was very pros- 
perous. During 1852 — 3 there was a gracious revival influ- 
ence and a large number were admitted to the church on 
confession of faith. The records would seem to indicate 
that at no period in its history was the church in a more pros- 
perous condition. Mr. Clark was at his own request dis- 
missed April 8, 1857. 

"The church was now without a pastor for something over 
a year, when Rev. Thos. N. Haskell, of Washington, D. C, 
was installed June 24, 1858. He remained until March 5, 
1862, when a Council called for the purpose dissolved the 
relation. 

"On March 18, 1863, Rev. Joel S. Bingham, of Westfield, 
became Pastor. His pastorate was one of the longest in the 
history of the church, continuing until Aug. 18, 1870, when 
he was dismissed at his own request. The records would in- 
dicate a very marked degree of financial prosperity in the 
church and society during these years ; the offerings for the 
various benevolent societies reaching a higher amount than 



138 FIFTIETH ANNIVEESAEY OF THE CHUECH, 

at previous times in the history of the church. In May of 
'69 over fifty at one time were received into the church upon 
profession of faith. When the beloved pastor resigned on 
account of the condition of his health imperatively demanding 
a change of climate, the resignation was accepted with ex- 
treme regret. 

"Rev. D. W. Waldron was called to the church in April, 
187 1, and supplied it as pastor-elect until called to his pres- 
ent Providential position as city missionary in Boston in 
December of '72. 

" In April, '73, Rev. John V. Hilton of Kalamazoo, Mich., 
was called to the pastorate. He was never regularly in- 
stalled, but remained as Pastor until April, 1880. During 
this pastorate the present commodious and beautiful edifice 
was erected. 

" The times proved most unfortunate for the consummation 
of such an enterprise. The church building was completed 
in the very midst of a commercial panic, the most disastrous 
in its prolonged effects of any in the history of our country. 
That the enterprise should culminate at such a time was be- 
yond the power of human prescience to foresee. The best 
laid human schemes 'gang aft a-gley.' This saying of 
'Nature's Poet' is perhaps as often demonstrated in church 
enterprises as any other, and why should it not be } For 
there is even a greater opportunity, often, for its exemplifica- 
tion here than in private enterprises, on account of a wider 
distribution of responsibility and an almost necessary lack of 
a unit of power in the management. 

" The next pastorate was the very brief one of the Rev. 
John H. Barrows, D. D., who came to our church from Law- 
rence. He spent but about a year with this church, when 
strong Providential indications called him to his present 
conspicuous field of work in the metropolis of the West. 

" The whole church, at the time, looked upon his removal 
as an almost irreparable loss. Everything in connection 
with the begun pastorate was so promising and so prophetic 
of success — no one, however, could feel like casting a reflec- 



FIFTIETH ANNIVEESAKT OF THE CHUECH. 139 

tion on Dr. Barrows, he was so sincere, and so evidently fol- 
lowed what seemed the Divine guidance, that all sorrowfully 

and tearfully acquiesced in what appeared to be the will of 
God. The time was made the occasion of a masterful effort 
to pay the burdensome church debt — a more heroic effort was 
never made under like circumstances, for evidently the times 
were not propitious for such a movement ; but the heroic ele- 
ment is very strong in this organization, and it was never 
demonstrated more fully than on that crucial day. 

" Many of the most devout members of the church have 
come to trace the leadings of Divine Providence as clearly in 
this early removal of one of the most popular pastors that the 
church has ever had. as in any event in its singularly Provi- 
dential history ; for if he had not been about to leave, that 
supreme effort might not have been made, and the church at 
this epoch in its annals might and probably would not have 
been able to-day to celebrate its joyful deliverance from so 
great a bondage. 
• "Rev. J. E. Twitchell, D. D., was called to the church 
from EucHd avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. i, 1882, and 
though never regularly installed continued to serve as pastor 
until April, "85, when he accepted a call to Dwight Place 
Church in New Haven, Conn. The church parted with Dr. 
Twitchell with extreme regret, for his faithful labors were 
bringing forth early fruitage in all departments of church 
v/ork." 

At the close of the address, the Pastor remarked "the time 
is far spent, but one thing I have noticed as I have passed 
through the records and which it would be well for us to 
think about ; comparing the present with the past, it seems 
to me as I have spent days and far into the nights, that more 
careful and brotherly watching was used among the church 
members in the early days of the church, to see that they kept 
their Covenant Vows, and walked orderly and upright than in 
these later days." 

Anthem by the Choir, " Jerusalem, my glorious home." 



140 FIFTIETH ANNIVEBSARY OF THE CHURCH. 

Rev. Asa Bullard, D. D., being introduced, spoke of his 
recollections of Sabbath School work as follows : 

" I claim that most of the historical incidents that have 
been related, I have been acquainted with ; have known the 
ministers from the beginning, and some events in connection 
with this church before it was established. I was almost 
here when you were born ; at least I attended a service in 
1835 before you had really become a church; I am sort of 
god-father in that respect. 

" My first visit was made to the Maverick Church in June, 
1838, when you were two years old ; my next visit in February 
of the following year. I find in looking over the record I 
have visited this church sixteen times and given addresses to 
the people about forty times, and if you had had but one 
preaching service a day, my time of service would be very 
nearly a year. I see by this (pointing to record on the wall 
of length of time each minister has served) you have had an 
unusually large number of pastors, some of whose terms have 
been very short, but I do not see my name among them, for 
the reason there does not seem to be any room for it." 
(Laughter.) " In regard to the Sabbath School work," the 
speaker said, "I never shall forget Deacon Ordway, and at one 
time conducting service at his request, in his report at that 
time he stated there were in the school 7 teachers, 70 pupils 
and 120 volumes of hbrary books; some may think this was 
a small beginning, but to show the progress this church has 
made from year to year : in 1849 the records show there were 
70 teachers and 345 scholars ; in 186 1, the year of the War, 
there were reported 65 teachers, 511 scholars and 1000 vol- 
umes in the library. Deacon Ordway was always present and 
had great interest in the church ; he says one of the most 
popular services was when the pastor used to preach to the 
children, twice a year; every Wednesday had a meeting and 
frequently on Saturday ; spoke of the influence of the pastors 
among the young, that it was not wise to spend so much time 
among the older members and neglect the children, that it 
was like trying to change the direction of the sturdy oak after 



FIFTIETH AN>'ITF:ESAEY OF THE CHUECH. 141 

it had become fixed and had withstood the storms and tem- 
pests of many years. 

"In the summer of 1858 the speaker spent a season with 
Mr. Beecher at Matteawan. in tlie Fishkill rvlountains ; a ter- 
rible thunder storm came up which caused a change in the ser- 
vices, and ]\Ir. Beecher addressing the people spoke on the 
subject of early conversion of children, and used as an illus- 
tration the attempt to move the big elm in the yard : that it 
would be necessar}- to cut the roots and the top and then 
only the trunk would be left ; so when men are gathered 
into the church they have to cut those roots, and after all, 
there is only a great stump. 

"I remember in 1839 one of the teachers of this School 
made a report that every Sabbath day she was in the habit of 
asking each scholar what interesting lesson they had learned 
from their library book, and each scholar took great interest 
in bringing in a good report to their teacher, and particular 
attention was called to the fact that seldom a scholar was ab- 
sent. On one Sabbath a little girl in the class came in and 
going direct to the teacher, said with tears in her eyes, ' I 
have come to Sunday School and not had my dinner. I left 
my dinner in great haste." I thought that was an indication 
of her love for the school, but there is another point of great- 
er interest to me, and that is the importance of committing 
the lessons to memory perfectly and the references. I would 
thunder this to all Sunday Schools from one end of the coun- 
try to the other, how necessary it is to commit the scriptures 
to memory. 

"A good many years ago I was speaking on this subject 
and the importance of knowing every answer to all the ques- 
tions, and that they should be given from the memory. I 
asked the daughter of the gentleman with whom I w^as stay- 
ing if she was going to the lecture that evening : 'Xo,' she 
said. ' I do not like him because he has such a way of making 
us commit the Sunday School lesson to memory.' I think it 
a great miistake in our Sabbath Schools that we have given up 
memorizing the scriptures and laying up a portion of the bible 



142 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 

in the memory. I doubt if one in a hundred commit scarcely 
anything to memory in the bible. 

" Another fact interested me in connection with the early 
history of this Sunday School. In 1838 Deacon Ordway re- 
ported that he held the Sunday School service Monday in- 
stead of Sunday. He stated in his report that one day in 
October there were fireworks and firing of cannons in the 
neighborhood of the chapel, and while our hearts were filled 
with delight and joy on the occasion, yet the boys and girls 
kept their seats and attended to their lessons in the school; 
this was in 1838; I do not believe this would be the case in 1886. 
This is the training school in early life where the children are 
forming habits of benevolence, and receiving a direct influ- 
ence from Sabbath to Sabbath. I think no one thing inter- 
ests me more than forming of the habit of doing good, and I 
urge the importance of having some benevolent object for 
which to work. I suppose the reason many of our people do 
not give in our churches is because they are not trained to do 
so in early life. You know of the fact that the muscles that 
close the hand are stronger than those that open the hand, 
and the earlier that the child is taught to use the muscles 
which open the hand and keep them in exercise, the easier it 
will become, and so in giving money, the stronger muscles 
hold the money and the weaker ones give money. 

*■* Many people do not give because their muscles are stiff, 
and I do not think the muscles which open the hand and 
heart in giving have been properly used in a majority of our 
Sunday Schools. 

" I remember three families connected with the early his- 
tory of this church, Wellington, Whiton and Bailey; the care 
with which they trained their children in the ways of benevo- 
lence and the influence it had upon those around them, and 
every year an offering was made to the Massachusetts Sunday 
School Society from the three families; every January the 
children sending in their contributions from 25 cents to $1.00, 
and after one of the children died, the mother kept up the 
contribution of $1.00 as a memorial to the departed one. 



FIFTIETH AXNIVEESAEY OF THE CHrUCH. 143 

" I have lost the run of most of them, but I remember two 
members in one family; one became the Mayor of Cambridge 
where I reside, another an earnest minister in Connecticut. 
Won't you, friends, train your children early to give, to do 
good, to give themselves early to the Saviour? In closing, 
we read in the early days of this church of those who were 
ready to give, not little bits of time, but would give right out 
of their best time and give their best thought for the welfare 
of the Church and Sunday School, and so would urge you 
to give of your best time and God will bless you now and 
will continue to bless you in the days to come." 

Closing prayer by Rev. L. B. Bates, Pastor of the Meridian 
St. Methodist Church, as follows : — " Heavenly Father, not 
unto us, not unto us, but unto Thy name be the glory and the 
praise for the marvelous work Thou hast wrought in the fifty 
years come and gone with this people; all glory to the Fath- 
er, Son and Holy Spirit. Fifty years ago a few of the good 
men and women living here planted this church, and we 
praise Thy name that down through the generation that has 
come and gone, they have kept the faith and delivered to the 
saints and thy presence has been with us. We give Thee the 
praise that in the days that are past, hundreds of children 
while young have been cleansed from their sins and made ac- 
quainted with the Lord Jesus Christ; many have gone home, 
many are found to-day in other churches, in other cities, and 
some in other lands over the Avaters, and an army yet remain. 
Let thy blessing be multiplied upon the Pastor, superintend- 
ents, deacons, all the officers and members of this church, this 
day and in the days to come ; grant Thy special blessing 
upon these services to-day. guide in all the exercises, and to 
the Great Head of the Church be all the glory, and at last 
may we all join the Church Triumphant, through Christ our 
Lord, amen." 

Hymn. 

May the grace of God our Saviour, 
And the Father's boundless love, 



144 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 

With the Holy Spirit's favor, 
Rest upon us from above. 

Thus may we abide in union 

With each other and the Lord, 
And possess, in sweet communion, 

Joys which earth cannot afford. 

Mr. Albert Bowker made remarks relative to James M. 
Whiton, Mr. Wellington and others, and the noble men they 
had become and the high positions in the esteem of their fel- 
low men they hold to-day. 

Benediction by Rev. Elijah Horr, D.D. 

(Afternoon Exercises closed at 4.35.) 

Reception in Parlors below immediately following. 
Collation at 5.30 at which about 500 were present. 
Pastor of church made address of welcome as follows : 
" It is hardly necessary for me to say that you are all wel- 
come to our family gathering, and it is with joy that we wel- 
come so many of the absent children who have come home ; 
we wish to give you a hearty greeting; we welcome the stran- 
gers here, they are not strangers, but are united with the ties 
of Christian fellowship; you are more than welcome, and 
while you are with us, we desire that you shall feel at home in 
this our family gathering. This church is a sort of a god- 
father to the other evangelical churches on this island." 

In closing remarks the speaker said there was one little 
matter connected with the East Boston Ministers' Association 
in the past that was deferred to another time, and that Rev. 
Mr. Bates would attend to it now. 

In reply, Rev. Mr. Bates said : " It has been the custom 
among the ministers of later years when one of the number 
retires from this island for a better or worse place to present 
him with a cane (holding up cane.) This cane was made 
from the wood of the first pulpit ever made or used on this 
island. I do not know but what it is 150 years old. It was a 
piece of the panel of the old pulpit and is as light as a feath- 
er. I take great pleasure in presenting this cane to Dr. 



FIFTIETH ANNIVEESAEY OF THE CHUECH. 145 

Twitchell, as he has never been properly dismissed before ; 
he is at full liberty to use this cane for any purpose he 
pleases, except to cane Methodist ministers away from Con- 
gregational churches (applause.) 

Dr. J. E. Twitchell responded as follows: 

" Mr. President and Bishop of this INIeeting, I am very 
happy to be dismissed from this Association in the regular 
apostolic way. I wish to express my thanks for this cane, 
and will use no cane to drive away Methodist ministers from 
Congregational churches." 

Mr. B. F. Butler, representing Church Committee, stated: 
"We have three former pastors present, Rev. Rufus W. 
Clark, Rev. D. W. Waldron and Rev. J. E. Twitchell, D. D. 
Rev. Rufus W. Clark will ask the blessing. 

(Rev. Rufus W. Clark.) " I wish to express my gratitude 
for the privilege of being with the people of Maverick Church 
to-day, with this noble family of Christian workers and chil- 
dren of God ; it fills my heart with joy ; for I am one that be- 
lieves in the happiness of the world when we are on the 
Lord's side; the Lord is our strength and Redeemer; I be- 
lieve in the fellowship of the saints. 

"How many privileges I had in the Maverick Church in 
the years I w^as with you ; I did not expect to find such a 
multitude here to-day ; I have been rather impressed by see- 
ing so many who remembered me when I was here as your 
pastor. One lady came to me to-day and said, 'Dr. Clark, 
don't you know me } ' When I left here the lady was not 
more than lo years old, now she is 40, and we must expect 
some changes in that time. Many faces that I look for are 
absent, and though we are not permitted to meet again on 
earth, I trust we shall meet in Heaven." 

Blessing by Dr. Clark, 

" Almighty Father, we thank Thee, we recognize Thy good- 
ness in these gifts, but we rejoice more in the manifestation 
of Thy love than in the gift itself. We recognize Thy loving 
care, and now let Thy blessing rest upon us as we receive 
these gifts of Thy love, and after we are done serving Thee on 



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earth, receive us where joys are unspeakable and full of 
glory, and all this we ask in the name of the Blessed Re- 
deemer, Amen." 

Collation. 

Evening Service at 8.15 o'clock. 

Organ Voluntary. 

Anthem. 

Invocation by Rev. Mr. Bodge as follows : 

" Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we come to bow be- 
fore Thee this evening and thank Thee for all the blessed in- 
fluences of this day ; wilt Thou consecrate this evening's 
worship to the upbuilding of thy cause and kingdom. Wilt 
Thou come to the hearts of this people, and as Thou hast 
hown them Thyself and made bare Thine arm before them in 
•the days that are past, we pray that Thou wilt still be with them 
to up-lift, to guide, to lead them ; and may this church be 
blest with a new spiritual life, and may all consecrate them- 
selves anew as they remember the hallowed associations of 
the past, in this evening's worship; as they go back over the 
years that have gone, oh, the tenderness that springs from 
Christian enterprises, the high hopes, the long suffering, may 
all be gathered up to-night and hallow this island ; wilt Thou 
be present by Thine invisible angel to-night, and bless the 
words that are spoken, the prayers that are uttered ; sanctify 
and hallow this Maverick Church, and may their light so 
shine out in this community and before the world, that all 
seeing their good works may glorify Thee ; our Father in 
Heaven, be with us, guide us, bless us, and may there be with all 
congregations good will to men, and the kindly fellowship that 
here abounds. May we heed the lesson of church fellowship, 
that Divine dispensation that cometh from Thee. Our Father 
in Heaven, glorify Thyself before us, glorify Thyself in all the 
earth, and may Thy children be gathered together and may 
Thy true word be spoken unto them and go forth, conquering 
and to conquer through all the land, and may we all bow be- 
fore Thee humbly, asking Thy guidance each day ; and unto 



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Thy great name as disciples in the spirit of Christ, we would 
ascribe everlasting praises now, and evermore. Amen." 

Anthem. 

Responsive Scripture reading from the Psalter, 84th Psalm, 
" How amiable are Thy tabernacles," etc. 

Prayer by Rev. J. E. Twitchell, D. D. 

" Blessed God, our Father, we would take up these words 
of Thine ancient servant and make them our words ; we re- 
joice in the privilege of again entering Thy courts and lifting 
our eyes and hearts unto Thee, the living and everlasting God ; 
we praise Thee that Thou dost give us a place among Thy peo- 
ple, that Thou hast led us in the past so plainly and tenderly; 
not in ways always of our own choosing but always in the best 
ways; we thank Thee that Thou hast gone before us and marked 
out the path for us, and Thou hast displayed Thyself in the . 
presence of this people, going before them and leading them 
on, and causing them to rejoice so frequently in Thy blessed 
presence ; our Father, this evening, as we stand before Thee, 
we thank Thee for the congratulations of the hour ; may we 
remember that no good thing cometh save by Thine appoint- 
ment, the hearts we have learned to love in the homes w'e 
have entered, the holy fellowship of the church of Jesus 
Christ, and these gracious, glorious helps of the House of 
God ; our hearts praise Thee to-night for what Thou art in 
Thyself, for what Thou, oh Christ, art to us, Thy trusting 
children, and for what Thou hast done for us in these 
blessed fellowships centering in the House of God, and from 
which have grown such gracious influences for the shelter 
and advance of our lives. May we see Thy hand to-night 
as never before, and while songs are in our hearts and on 
our lips, yet all these influences come to us. because Jesus 
our Lord bought them with His blood ; for the Church of 
Christ we thank Thee, for the organization of this church so 
many years ago, and for all who have given of themselves for 
this church; we thank Thee for the memories that come to 
us to-night, and believe that the spirits of the departed who 
have been taken to the Higher Home, can look upon us and 



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see the position into which this church has been lifted ; we 
thank Thee for the noble deeds done here, for the self-sacri- 
fices and self-forgetfulness through which God has granted 
his blessing ; make us grateful to-night that the pledges are 
lifted, the burden taken from off the back of this church, and 
the Blessed Christ calls us unto a larger service which shall 
be felt far and wide through this community. 

"Unto Thee, oh Lord, we commend this beloved people, 
from the eldest to the youngest, those which were in the 
front rank of this church at the beginning, and those enter- 
ing in the earlier years of life ; oh Father, put Thine hand in 
benediction on the heads of each one of these who are en- 
deavoring to advance Thy cause, and those who are entering 
the larger spheres of usefulness ; bless the Pastor of this peo- 
ple ; wilt Thou forgive our sins ; we are kept humble by our 
sins ; may we be clothed with righteousness from above, and 
when all these meetings have finally closed and the end has 
come, may we come together in the Kingdom of our Lord ; 
grant this our prayer and do us good, keep us and finally re- 
ceive us to Thyself ; these favors we ask through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen." 

(By the Choir.) "The Lord is my Shepherd, no want 
shall I know." 

(By Choir and Congregation.) Hymn. 

Oh, where are kings and empires now, 

Of old that went and came ? 
But, Lord, thy Church is praying yet, 

A thousand years the same. 

We mark her goodly battlements. 

And her foundations strong ; 
We hear within the soldiers' voice 

Of her unending song. 

For not Hke kingdoms of the world. 

Thy holy Church, O God ! 
Though earthquake shocks are threatening her 

And tempests are abroad ; — 



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Unshaken as eternal hills 

Immovable she stands, 
A mountain that shall fill the earth, 

A house not made by hands. 

Rev. Dr. Horn 

" Among the many pastors who have served this people 
ably and well in the past, none are more welcome here to- 
day than Rev. Dr. Clark; none have more occasion to be joy- 
ful in the glad reunion of this people, many of whom were 
children during his pastorate, who are now tireless workers 
among us, than Rev. Rufus W. Clark." 

Rev. Rufus W. Clark, D. D.: 

" I am sure I can gratefully respond to the kind words of 
your Pastor. This is a day full of wonder to me as well as joy. 
I supposed, coming back to East Boston after an absence 
of about 30 years, I should find a few old friends, but here is 
a crowd of faces of those who were children when I was 
here, and I have heard testimony after testimony of the 
growth of the precious seed that I was permitted to plant 
in their young hearts. Some reference was made to the 
Children's Meetings, where they received conviction of sin 
and hope of Christ, and one gave me the very text that more 
than 30 years ago led her to Christ, but not unto us, not unto 
us, but unto Thy name is the glory ; and I thank God for the 
privilege of having preached the gospel for over fifty years 
and living long enough to see some of the fruit, not of my 
work at all, for no one can have a more humble view of him- 
self than I have. Christ says " I am the vine and ye are the 
branches, without Me ye can do nothing," but God gives ; 
and Christ gives us the strength, and means, and joy, and 
then when the work is done gives us a crown, as if we had 
done the work ourselves; so we are to be rewarded according 
to our work. I thank God I have been permitted to survey 
such a spiritual harvest for Jesus in this Maverick Church. 
I have been pastor of other churches for many years and had 
great blessings and one revival that brought about one thou- 
sand to Christ, but the years spent here were so marked with 



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harmony and good will and love, that when your Pastor 
spoke of this company as a family circle, I felt it was a family 
circle in the true sense of the word. 

" It is a blessed privilege, dear friends, to give to another 
a tract, or a bible, or a testament, or speak to an impenitent 
sinner upon the subject of his soul's salvation, to bring to 
them the Water of Life; but those who founded this church 
dug an artesian well for the Waters of Salvation 50 years ago, 
from which has been flowing refreshing streams over this 
Island, this City, to the distant Nations, and as we have 
heard in the history of this church from your pastor this 
afternoon, and he will testify with me the whole history of 
this church cannot be written, how can you gather up the 
fruit, the spiritual influences, and the souls brought to Christ. 
I am sure I have not forgotten the precious revelations that 
attended my ministry here ; who can gather them up and 
present them in the aggregate ; they cannot be presented 
here, they are flowing from the streams of God, and the 
blessed influences rest upon those who founded this church, 
and I would say that nothing pays like serving God, and the 
prizes and ambition of this world are as nothing compared to 
devoted service rendered Jesus Christ in the founding of a 
church. My ministry extended over a period of about six 
years in this church, and at my coming I was received cor- 
dially by all the families, who manifested their delight at re- 
ceiving their new pastor. I never felt wearied by my labors 
in East Boston. I delighted in the work, and the six years I 
was here I found a response on the part of the people which 
was a joy to my heart, and now after having preached all 
these years, I rejoice in it more than ever. I never had such 
privileges in my life, and I would that I could stir one young 
man here to give himself to the ministry ; it is acceptable to 
God and full of glory. 

" My ministry was marked first for the dear children. I al- 
most heard Him say, 'suffer the little children to come unto me 
and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of heaven.' 



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" I remember the work of the Maternal Association re- 
ferred to as blest of God in the conversion of the children. 

"As intimated before, I want to impress this that God 
blesses early conversion of children. My own experience for 
a great many years is that a majority of the young are 
brought to Christ mainly by personal conversation, and two 
instances out of three, perhaps five out of six. My own wife 
in Heaven, and these, our six children, united with the 
church between ten and seventeen years of age ; the result is 
four of my sons are preachers of the gospel. A little daugh- 
ter at six years of age was in the habit of going with her 
mother to the Communion. At one time the little girl asked 
her mother what they were doing with the bread and wine ; 
the mother said they were celebrating their love for Jesus ; 
the little girl said, 'Can't I have bread and wine, mother?' 
' No,' said the mother, ' it would not be proper for you.' The 
little girl burst into tears and said, ' You know I love Jesus.' 
And if Jesus had been there. He would have said, ' Come 
and celebrate my Supper.' This church has been baptised 
with blessings upon the children, and the labors of the young 
men have been a blessing to this church. At one time there 
was delivered a course of lectures after the two services of 
the Sabbath day ; the people came in crowds, a great many 
from the city proper ; and I have been surprised to find how 
many there are who will point to those lectures as the cause 
of their conversion ; they were published ; every volume was 
attended with conversions. 

" If I were asked to point out the sources from which 
sprang this successful and wonderful work, I would say ' the 
prayers of the women who used to meet week after week to 
pray for the Maverick Church and Sabbath School. The 
last meeting of the ladies' organization before our going 
from the city, was a union meeting held in the Chapel, and 
it was one of the most marvelous meetings; the spirit of God 
was there, and if you want to ask for the power which has 
carried this church through the perilous days that have gone, 
it was the prayers of the good women of this church. 



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" My wife proved to her bible class a great blessing ; she 
prayed and wrote letters and received the kindest testimonies 
in regard to her work. She has now gone to Heaven. 

"In coming here to celebrate your 50th anniversary, I rep- 
resent a church 260 years old. For 260 years the Waters of 
Salvation have been flowing from that fountain in their puri- 
ty ; the doctrines of the Christian faith have not been varied 
through all the generations that have come and gone, and we 
think we can surely see in it the Omnipotence of God. 

" Among those who are gone, I remember with pleasure 
Deacon Lovejoy, a man of marvelous financial ability, exec- 
utive force and power of organization. He loved the Mav- 
erick Church, he was wise in all its counsels ; he was regular 
in attendance, and every Sabbath took an interest in all the 
departments of the church, and it was my privilege as I lived 
opposite him to often see him and talk over the interests of 
the church. He raised a large family and I am glad to know 
representatives of the family are in the church to-day, well 
known and active, and one is an officer of and giving his 
time and influence for the best welfare of this church. 

"Another who has passed away is Deacon Robbins. He 
carried his Christianity in his very manner and acts ; I never 
met him but with a smile on his face, joyful, calm in manner, 
willing to do anything for Christ ; and his life was an illustra- 
tion of true living Christianity and he was a power in this 
church. Mrs. Robbins was also a devoted Christian; she 
knew home Christianity, was earnest in her prayers and 
loved the cause of Christ. 

" Deacon Demond, regular in every service and loyal to 
the church. I know of a church where the second service 
would be as full of people as at the morning ; this was in this 
church. 

" As an indication of God's blessing, when I came it was 
only one-third filled, I thought a small congregation, but it 
increased, and the increase may be indicated by the increase 
of the salary ; after being here three months the salary was 
increased ; after six months it was increased ; not from any 



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hint from me, for I never hinted salary to any church. I 
know it was not my preaching, but the power of Jesus in 
using this instrument. 

" There is another name known in Heaven, Paul Curtis ; 
a man of few words, but full of Christian spirit, who made 
home his delight ; he was one who walked with Jesus, and 
a man to respect and love. Then there was Mr. Stockwell, 
reporter on the Boston jfouriial^ afterwards editor, lived as a 
noble Christian, made large contributions. He reported 
all my lectures for young men ; through his influence they 
were largely successful and secured a sale of i,ooo copies the 
first four days. I come now to a Christian woman who was 
well known over this Island by the poor of this city and even 
beyond. I refer to Miss Gibbs, devoted missionary, who 
had established the Union Chapel in a distant part of this 
Island. 

" I never came in contact with Miss Gibbs without feeling 
here is a soul on fire for Jesus and souls. Some 20 years be- 
fore she died, she was connected with the Freedmen as 
nurse. Here is an illustration of the power of prayer : 

"A telegram was sent to East Boston that she was sick; 
the news came on Saturday that she was near to death. 
I happened to be at Mr. Bowker's at the time ; and we had a 
season of prayer, and had notices sent to all the churches in 
East Boston and said 'pray for the recovery of that good 
woman.' Sunday morning the prayers were offered; at five 
o'clock they found a marvelous change had taken place; 
physicians could not account for it and she recovered speed- 
ily and came here to labor for Christ. 

"The Bible says 'the prayer of faith shall save the sick.' 
Is that the Faith Cure ? Yes, as much as anything else, but 
this doctrine is not to be abused. I recollect a short time 
ago I heard a Doctor of Divinity saying everything against 
the Faith Cure ; why, because some people are superstitious 
in their belief to an extravagant degree ; and some may try 
to discourage me, but still I shall take Christ's words here in 
the Bible, ' The prayer of faith shall save the sick.' I attend- 



154 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 

ed a meeting in the western part of New York some time 
ago, and coming from the meeting a man asked me if I had 
been up to that meeting of fanatics. I said 'Yes.' 'Are you 
going back?' 'Yes,' said I. 'That is very pecuHar,' he 
said. I replied, ' If Christ says I will do for you what ye 
will ask, I believe it. I believe just what He says. If He 
says I will come in the clouds of Heaven, I believe that is 
just the way He will come.' God helps the Maverick 
Church. 

"God can do in the future as he has in the past. All 
God's word is inspired from Genesis to Revelations. 

"I will refer to another Christian woman. Mrs. B. F. 
Butler had a fine experience, she was a faithful wife, daugh- 
ter, mother, also a faithful servant of Christ in the church 
she was so glad of. 

"I could gladly mention others who loved this church, 
who prayed for and worked for its success. 

" We all rejoice that there are two surviving members of 
the founders of this church, Mr. B. F. Butler and Mrs. 
Bowker. 

" I will not take time to state their devotion to this church 
for 50 years — one earnest in labor for this church, his desire 
to extend the Maverick Church, glad to do and glad to give 
liberally to this church. The other, one of the founders of 
the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions, connected with the 
American Board. She has been President of the Woman's 
Board for 18 years and collected in money the sum of 
$1,300,000.00. I tried this morning to get at the details of 
that work from this faithful Christian woman and President, 
but she did not care to give it, nor wish me to say anything 
about it. I will not mention her name (applause). 

" There is a power which makes the Maverick Church the 
church of the world in this Island of East Boston ; it is near- 
er the sun than the city proper, and so we use the sun light 
here first and they take what is left ; and so the spiritual life 
has come here first, and from this place been extended over 
the world, and to the farther islands of the earth, and the in- 



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fluence of the prayer meetings of this church have been and 
are felt far and wide. Now, dear friends, there is a power 
here somewhere. 

" In London at one of Moody's meetings on a rainy night, 
about three thousand persons arose and testified to their 
love for Jesus. 

"There was a power working among those people, and 
there's a power somewhere in this church. You are now 
pressing on toward the future ; you start on another 50 years; 
you start with a minister much younger than I and fully 
qualified for his work, and I think you will hold up his 
hands, and I want you to assist him in the congregation, 
strengthening the congregation, be of one spirit and that of 
union and harmony of desire and God will give his blessing 
in the future as in the past if you ask and work for it. 

" This day will last in memory and you will not forget me 
entirely. I do not know that we will meet again here, but 
we will meet on the shining shore ; we will meet the 
dear officers of the church to whom I have referred, 
and who are now looking down on this scene and rejoicing ; 
all these we will meet and a multitude that no man 
can number, clothed with robes of righteousness and with 
crowns of rejoicing on their heads, and we will ascribe the 
blessing and honor and power unto Him that sitteth on the 
Throne, and the Lamb, forever and ever. Amen." 

Letters read by Dea. F. E. Dimick from the following 
parties : 

R. D. Mason and Wife, Lawrence, Kansas. 

Evaline A. Briggs, Live Oak, Fla. 

Rufus W. Clark, Jr., Pastor St. Paul Church, Detroit, Mich. 

Rev. R. S. Hitchcock, Hallidaysburg. 

Rev. W. W. Newell. 

Rev. J. S. Bingham, Traer, Iowa. 

Rev. John H. Barrows, Chicago, 111. 

Address by Rev. D. W. Waldron : 

"I notice you have conferred a Degree upon me, which re- 
minds me of the story of the boy who asked why some minis- 



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ters have the title of D. D. attached to their names while 
others do not, and the reply was ' to make them equal to their 
brothers,' and I suppose this is the reason the D. D. has 
been added to my name. Another reply given by some one 
else, it was a change (?) of theology in the doctrine, and I am 
rather hoping this is the reason I have never received the 
Degree before. I do not believe but what you are well aware 
for these 15 years I have contended for the faith once deliv- 
ered to the saints. I came among you in the year 187 1 and 
I think it was in the month of June. I had been located in 
East Weymouth for more than five years, and one day a 
friend said I was wanted to come to East Boston the next 
Sunday. I came and after that was invited again and replied 
I could not come as a candidate, but later was told by a 
friend I must come to East Boston next Sunday. The result 
was a call, and after meetings were held with the commit- 
tee, I told them I would come and stay six months, but I 
stayed a year and a half, when another door opened to larger 
usefulness and I left here I suppose because I wanted a 
larger field, and ever since then I have had all the field I 
wanted, I can assure you (applause). I only want to take time 
to-night to say, myself and family received from you the tender- 
est consideration during those 18 months; no one would have 
asked heartier co-operation and sympathy than I received 
from you. There was no lack of co-operation in any manner 
and no lack of money to carry forward Christian work. 
Among others, Luther Wright loved this Sabbath School and 
worked for its interest and spiritual welfare. 

" I remember a little incident connected with a Sunday 
School concert when the Monument of Truth was raised. 

" At the base was put a block representing the solid gran- 
ite, and upon the base a block representing Faith, and above 
that others on which were written Temperance and Charity, 
and over all was put a dove and there was a passage of 
Scripture, ' the Spirit of God descending like a dove,' etc. 
One little child told her mother all about it, the solid rock, what 
was on the rock, and above all, she said, 'they put a hen.' 



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I remembered in my experience I must be very careful with 
the Sunday School and as pastor of the church to give such 
instructions that the people would understand what I was 
talking about. 

" Under the present condition of affairs here at this time 
you are entirely equipped for work, and your minister we be- 
lieve to be the right man in the right place. I believe a glo- 
rious future opens before you as you are now entering upon 
this second half century. At the time when ancient Israel 
was faltering and discouraged, Moses was sent to their deliv- 
erance and commanded them to arise and go forward ; so 
with this people burdened with a note of over $40,000 which 
has been paid during these eleven years, (I have read it here 
this afternoon); and now remembering what is behind, you re- 
joice to arise and go forward in the glorious work of the Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. May God grant this may be so 
and in the future perennial food to many ; and this church 
and this minister shall be blest, the everlasting rock shall be 
above their heads, and in their hearts shall be planted glory 
and blessings immortal. Amen." 

Address by Rev. J. E. Twitchell, D. D.: 

" I am sure it is quite impossible for me to enter fully into 
the feelings of the Maverick Church and Society on this oc- 
casion, but certainly I will assume to myself a joy with your 
joy equal to any of you to-night, and it was through difficul- 
ties I came here to express this joy of my heart. I seem to 
have been defeated in various plans. I was intending to 
come on Monday evening, but a member of my family was 
taken suddenly ill, and therefore was not able to come until 
this morning. 

" I am glad to be here. My first visit to this church comes 
back to me. I recollect I was piloted up the back stair case 
by a brother of this society. We had considerable difficulty 
in finding the way to the pulpit. At the time I came here I 
had three invitations from other churches to settle with them. 
What influenced me to come, I was taken with the building. 
This is certainly one of the most delightful audience rooms. 



158 FIFTIETH ANNIVEE8AEY OF THE CHURCH. 

I tell my people in New Haven if they only had the Maverick 
Church building I should be supremely glad. It has cost 
many thousands and at large sacrifices, but for the money 
expended it has not an equal in the city of Boston, and I be- 
lieve the Maverick Church building with its appliances and 
facilities for Christian work is not surpassed if equalled by 
the Old South or any church building in this city. 

" I looked over this island and said there is work to be 
done here for Jesus Christ. I soon discovered a man whose 
name I had heard before ; I do not believe it was the Dutch 
Gap man, or the man of New Orleans fame, and am quite 
confident is not like the letter X, an unknown quantity. He 
is another man although his name is B. F. Butler, one of the 
founders of this church, willing to sacrifice for it and earnest 
for the spiritual growth of this Maverick Church. 

" I was here two and three-quarters years, and I can say I 
am glad I came here to this church. I find myself sometimes 
talking to my people about the Maverick Church, and I find 
it is a custom left to talk about this church, when I should be 
talking about the Dwight Place Church; these altogether 
were very happy years. 

" I cannot say about them as Dr. Clark has said, but they 
were pleasant years, and not without a blessing upon them ; 
our hearts were as one here and sympathies were common. 
We rejoiced in the presence of the dear Saviour, but I never 
can tell you how I longed for some grown men to come into 
the kingdom and express their faith in Jesus Christ. Some 
one has said the women of this church are the best men in the 
world. With all the power of these Christian women, they 
need the men, and this much I will say to such as are stand- 
ing out, and building on this side of the grave, to get ready 
by the influences of the Divine Spirit, take that step and 
range themselves along the side of those Christians who 
thirty, forty, fifty years have been working for the Lord God 
of Sabbaoth. 

" I do not believe there is a church in this city or vicinity 
that equals this in its power for good ; the blessing of the Lord 



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has been marvelous. Dr. Clark has said there's a wonderful 
power about this church somewhere ; it has been demonstrat- 
ed over and over again and passed into history. At one time 
the debt of this church was about $60,000, and when I was 
here about $13,000, and now this has all been wiped out; the 
last dollar has been paid, and it is a time for joy, a time for 
congratulations; and allow me to say there is not a man who 
rejoices with you and for you any more than he who speaks 
to you at this moment ; and I thank God, and bless His holy 
name for the future which I believe to be opening prophetic- 
ally before you. It is usually a time of spiritual upbuilding 
when these material things press hard upon us. 

"There is not one church in a thousand organized on the 
face of this green earth that has a woman in it like Miss 
Gibbs ; and she is sitting to-night in the joy and thanksgiving 
that wells up from our hearts, answering her prayers in be- 
half of that for which she gave her love, her life, her all. 

" Dear Brother, (turning to Dr. Horr) you came here under 
different conditions from what I came. You did not rent a 
house and get sold out in thirty days, and hunt tenements for 
a home ; that experience was not yours. This brother misses 
all these things. (Applause.) 

" I must not detain you. I extend my congratulations for 
this fiftieth anniversary; my heart is full of joy. I love every 
man and woman in this church of Jesus Christ ; and I pray 
that you may now enter upon a career which shall open the 
pathway to eternal life all beautiful and glorious ; your chil- 
dren and children's children and all who will come, and may 
God bless every one of you and gather us all together in the 
Kingdom of God when we shall talk these scenes over again 
sitting on the banks of the River of Life and praise God 
evermore." 

Rev. Dr. Horr : 

" Some of the dear ones cannot help shedding tears of joy ; 
and among the things more than anything else that causes 
our eyes to fill with tears of joy is the fact that has been 
alluded to several times, that we gather here in a House of 



160 FIFTIETH ANNIVEKSAEY OF THE CHURCH. 

God to-night upon which there is no mortgage, or debt ; a 
mortgage on a House of God is a death-hand. I have here 
(holding up the paid note) in that bit of paper, the cancelled 
note that takes away the claim of any men to this House of 
God (applause). I am a young pastor in this church and yet 
I need not say, as it goes without saying, that I have already 
learned to love this people. I could not help it if I would, 
and would not if I could. Two months is not a long pastor- 
ate, but to-night, standing here in this pulpit as the represent- 
ative of this dear people, and having back of me these dear 
men who have labored among this flock, I want to say we 
have no drag anchor. 

" Dr. Twitchell has alluded to the fact that this terrible an- 
chor was holding back the growth of the church. This note 
of $40,000 has been paid with an amount of interest which I 
shall not tell you, but some approximation within the past 
eleven years. 

" I suppose this house cost as it stands at least $85,000 and 
it is well worth it. I do not think my brother who has spok- 
en has placed any too high an estimate upon this temple of 
our God ; it is lovely in its simplicity and its adaptability. 
This House of God is worth all its cost, but the $85,000 
which has been expended here and put into this house does 
not represent by any means that which this people have 
raised by their sacrifices. I want the dear people to know 
approximately as some of us already know that which has 
been expended upon God's altar, by the men and women of 
this church, and will ask Deacon Dimick to come forward and 
give us the amount of interest money paid." 

Report by Dea. F. E. Dimick : 

" I did not know I might be called upon for facts until I 
got possession of this paper, but out of simple curiosity I 
turned over to the back of the note, and with pencil and paper 
found that since 1875, by way of interest there has been paid 
on that note of $40,000 the sum of $18,230.76. This of 
course does not represent just the amount that has been paid 
in interest on this building debt, and out of simple curiosity 



FIFTIETH ANNIVEESAEY OF THE CHURCH. 161 

at another time, just before giving up the office of Treasurer, 
a little over a year ago, I took the Treasurer's book, figured 
up the amount that had been paid by the Society and found 
it to be in the neighborhood of $23,000." 

Dr. Horr : 

" This shows, friends, what the dear people have done and 
now this church is clear of all indebtedness ; and now, re- 
membering all this, let us sing as we never sung, " Praise God 
from whom all blessings flow." 

Doxology sung by Choir and Congregation. (Standing.) 

Dr. Horr : 

" As the greater portion of this people will not be here fifty 
years hence, we ask that you give us your time to-night." 

Address by Rev. Isaac P. Langworthy, D. D. : 

"I understand from the programme I am here to extend 
the friends congratulations. I want first to congratulate you, 
the members of this church, on the very narrow escape you 
had in your early history. After the dismissal of your first 
pastor in 1841, when I was a young man without a pastorate, 
I was invited to come here and preach ; but by a little misun- 
derstanding the Sabbath I was to preach Dr. Clark was en- 
gaged to preach to you and I did not come until after I had 
received a call. If I had come I might possibly have capti- 
vated you and you might have had another man to have filled 
Mr. Newell's place, and I extend congratulations on your 
marvelous escape. Dear friends, we owe thanksgiving to 
Almighty God that this debt has been paid, and will you 
allow me to say to you, men and women of this church, be 
sure and never let a cent of debt ever be on this church 
again ; live on two meals a day if necessary, but never let an- 
other debt be upon your beautiful House of God. I doubt 
exceedingly if you can name another church in this Common- 
wealth that has been through the experiences of this church 
for the past 50 years. Look at the changes (pointing to roll 
of pastors on the wall). There have been enough to kill any 
church. 



162 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSAKY OF THE CHURCH. 

" I do not see how you have lived as long as you have, elev- 
en in 50 years ; just think, you have stood it well. (Applause). 

" I wish to congratulate you on your able, faithful, active, 
zealous, Christian women, and your present financial condi- 
tion depends largely upon them, and what is true of the 
Christian women of this church is essentially true of almost 
every church, that the women make the best men in the 
church, and I respect them for it. 

You take the work of that one association in the history of 
this church given to us by your Pastor this afternoon ; that 
spirit is a power given from on high, that made those women 
what they are by prayer and patient toil. With the spirit 
manifested by your two original members here to-night, Mr. 
Butler and Mrs. Bowker, with a liberal population, I would 
not hesitate to be pastor of a church with those two alone, 
with the material around it, as I believe that God would bless 
the work. 

I think you will permit me to congratulate you on the choice 
of a pastor. I want to say to you, I know this man better 
than most of you, and perhaps better than any. Now what 
he can do, he is ready to do. Dear christian friends, don't 
kill him ; you can do it ; he is very willing to do all he is al- 
lowed to do; you will sustain him, but do not run after him; 
you will co-operate with him. 

He is only one ; and you should not make him do all the 
work. You can help him in many ways ; by your presence at 
the services, having harmony of feeling and good will. I be- 
lieve you have a glorious future before you ; you have heard 
about the house and it should be filled, and it is your work 
quite as much as your beloved pastor's. 

Address by Rev. J. W. Wellman, D. D. : 

"I am not going to speak to you about the prospective 
work of this church, but speak only of the reminiscences. 

Going back fifty years, I have many recollections, and one 
in particular, when I was at Andover in my senior year ; I 
was invited to come down here and preach and the man who 
arranged for my coming was Deacon Lovejoy, whom Dr. 



FIFTIETH ANNIVEESARY OF THE CHURCH. 163 

Clark has mentioned, and the first Sabbath I spent here 
stands out clearly in my memory. 

"I was born in New Hampshire. I had seen little of Bos- 
ton, and coming to Boston then was quite an important event 
in one's life. I preached in the old church and I came down 
here with my heart going pit, pat. All Congregational 
churches in Boston were one to me. Deacon Lovejoy met 
me and took me to his home. 

" I never shall forget that man ; he knew I was just enter- 
ing the ministry, and was so kind to me ; after I finished the 
morning sermon he encouraged me ; and I remember perfectly 
well how I felt after the sermon in the afternoon, and when it 
was proposed to sing in the family, I could not sing a note ; 
I had got through two services in a church in Boston, and 
the memory was very pleasant. 

" The only times I exchanged with pastors of this church 
was when I was at Newton ; but the memories that come from 
preaching for this church last summer are delightful and my 
heart is filled with joy to be here to-night. I had thought 
over some things I would say, but this afternoon when I 
learned what this church had been doing for its children, I 
felt it would be like carrying coals to New Castle, or bring- 
ing water to the Ocean. 

" There were several things I had in my mind to say to the 
brethren in regard to the future, but you must excuse me 
from saying some of them now, but however, I will say : — 

" First, I would give you the same advice which Joseph 
gave his dear brethren when they came down to Egypt the 
last time, and he commanded ihem to go and get their father 
and bring him down, and his last words to them as they left, 
were, 'see that ye fall not out by the way.' You have a 
grand set off from this Jubilee, and now see that ye fall not 
out by the way ; one of the sweetest fines in the scriptures, 
full of the tenderest wisdom, so I would say to you, be one 
in harmony, bind yourselves together and see that in the next 
50 years ye fall not out by the way." 



164 FIFTIETH ANNIVEESARY OF THE CHURCH. 

" Second, have compassion on one another. Have you ever 
studied that word ' compassion ? ' It is something more than 
pity ; you can go on feeling you have pity, go right by, but 
not with compassion ; compassion is bearing the troubles of 
another, taking the sorrow and trouble of another on your 
own heart, but Christ took a great deal more than that ; He 
took our sins and suffered for our sins on the cross, but be- 
fore that he had self compassion that brought to him that very 
thing; cultivate sympathy, have it in your hearts one towards 
another, and let there be no one in this congregation at any 
time having any trouble, burden or sorrow but what you 
would be led to go and suffer with that person. 

" Hardly anything more can bind together the hearts of the 
members of a church. 

"Third, one thing more, I want you to keep your Pastor 
here as long as he will stay. In the next fifty years, long and 
successful pastorates is what this church needs. I will ven- 
ture to say you will have this church carried on, but you want 
more than a three years' limit ; and, I would say ' do the 
word,' not be simply hearers of the word, and it will en- 
courage the heart of your Pastor. 

" I think you understand us ministers pretty well, and 
while you are studying us, we are studying you ; but he will 
probably say just what you most need and he will preach for 
your benefit ; watch him and just as soon as he gives you any- 
thing to do, do it. 

" Be in harmony and ' do the word ' and you will surely 
keep your Pastor. There is nothing that will so encourage 
his heart as to see that the Word of the Lord is received and 
blest by the people and his ministry here will be successful 
and will be blest. 

" You can make anything of your minister you want. Get 
out of him all you can, and do the word. 

"Fourth, begin at once and don't wait until winter; begin 
at once as you enter upon the next fifty years, begin to-day; 
bring souls to Christ often. I remember years ago, Brother 
Phelps wrote ringing words and sent them over the country^ 



FIFTIETH ANNIVEESABY OF THE CHUKCH. 165 

on the importance of the work of Home Missions. He used 
considerable time and spent many dollars urging the impor- 
tance of beginning right at home, and that is the way to be 
home missionaries and foreign missionaries ; so I would say 
as you are looking about for "work that you may do for the 
Master, pray for the Maverick Church ; if you desire the good 
of the country, pray for Maverick Church ; if you desire that 
souls may be saved in Boston, pray for the Maverick Church; 
if you have friends you desire to be blest, pray for the Mav- 
erick Church. Begin right here at home by bringing souls to 
Christ and do that right along and through the next 50 years, 
and lo! what a gathering in the Heavenly Garner there will 
be. 

Address, Rev. A. H. Plumb, D. D: 

" While I cannot speak to you as a former pastor, still 
I would say to you as Dr. Wellman has just said, be very 
careful and see that ye do not fall out by the way. Emerson 
says ' hitch your wagon to a star ' and this wagon has been 
hitched to a star, and this church has had the gospel of the 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ preached these fifty years. 
A party was out at sea ; and their boat was put in charge of 
a sailor who was given a star to sail by, but he soon lost his 
reckoning and said, 'Cap'n give us another star, we have got 
by that one:" (applause.) 

" Dr. Clark has spoken of his church that has been sailing 
by that star 260 years^ and do not think of altering their 
course just yet, so this church has been sailing by that Star 
during these fifty years ; and that time is a pretty good test 
of the life of a church ; people have been coming and going, 
moved away, forming other churches and you have had many 
changes, but if this is a funeral to-night, it is a pretty lively 
corpse. We have heard all about the past and are now look- 
ing to the future. 

" You have heard of the young man who had been away 
and left the girl he loved ; and on his return was very much 
moved on seeing her again, and said to her "it is just like 
visiting some old ruin to come back and see you. (applause) — 



166 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. 

the same old ruin we are visiting here to-night. There is a 
vast deal of life here. 

"One thing as many of you know that has been contribu- 
ting to the life of the churches around us is the fact that the 
young people get married, begin housekeeping and raise up 
little households, all of which is delightful, and when they get 
a little further along say we must look about us and see 
where to buy a house ; then they go over to Newton or else- 
where and locate, and it is a matter of considerable concern 
with some pastors that the young people leave their own 
churches and go to others. A while ago in Roxbury we were 
losing the real flower of our church and they were going to 
the Episcopal Church. They had no business there; some of 
the names were connected with the Puritans which belonged 
to the old historical churches and they were going to live 
there right along, yet were going away to find a church home 
because they said they Hked the form and the beauty of the 
Episcopal service. 'Very English,' you know." 

The following hymn was then sung : 

When shall we meet again, 

Meet ne'er to sever? 
When will peace wreathe her chain 
Round us forever? 
Our hearts will ne'er repose 
Safe from each blast that blows 
In this dark vale of woes ; 
Never ! no, never ! 

When shall love freely flow 

Pure as life's river ? 
When shall friendship glow 
Changeless forever ? 
Where joys celestial thrill. 
Where bliss each heart shall fill, 
And fears of parting chill. 
Never! no, never! 

Up to that world of light 
Take us, dear Saviour! 
May we then all unite, 



FIFTIETH ANNIVERSABY OF THE CHURCH. 167 

Happy forever! 

Where kindred spirits dwell, 

Then may our music swell 

And time our joys dispel, 
Never ! no, never ! 

Soon shall we meet again, 

Meet ne'er to sever; 
Soon will peace wreathe her chain 
Round us forever. 
Our hearts will then repose, 
Secure from worldly woes. 
Our songs of praise shall close. 
Never ! no, never ! 

And the Benediction was pronounced, thus ending these 
highly interesting and inspiring exercises. 



PaUcncJt C^urc^ Jlssocialton. 



When the New Church Enterprise was started in 1873, a 
number of the Maverick Church Ladies met in a parlor on 
Princeton St. to organize for work. 

The regular officers were chosen and five sub-committees. 
Methods and ways of co-operation were discussed, and ac- 
tion taken that money should be raised by a series of enter- 
tainments through the year. The organization was named 
Maverick Church Association. 

Memory recalls the time when one of the brethren, amused 
with our zeal (before a workman had commenced on the new 
edifice), asked the ladies, " Are you going to purchase the 
door-plate before you have a door ? " but this band of ladies 
with forethought and foresight, knew that there would be im- 
mediate use for the money when raised. At the expiration 
of thirteen months, $2,000 was in our treasury, which v/as 
appropriated for the carpeting of the vestries, matting for 
vestry and hall, chairs for the middle vestry, and later, for 
the carpets for the audience room. Five young ladies band- 
ed together, and by a series of entertainments, earned about 
$250 which they expended in furniture for pulpit and ante- 
room ; one young lady secured a subscription of $30 for the 
large Bible. 

The Bible Class room in front was carpeted by a donation 
of $72.76 from Mrs. Albert Bowker, and furnished with chairs 
by a donation of $21 from Mrs. J. A. Brown. 

In this room from 30 to 40 mothers met to study the Bible 
on Sunday with their beloved teacher, Mrs. Bowker, whose 
mind was stored with Biblical knowledge. 

In a few weeks after coming into the new church the 
brethren presented the Association with a new object ; they 



MAVEKICK CHUKCH ASSOCIATION. 169 

were aiming to provide for a mortgage on the church, and 
wished the ladies to assume the burden of $10,000, raising 
$1,000 annually. Before conferring with human wisdom, we 
looked up and sought God in prayer and His guidance, and 
there came such a sweet assurance that it was His will that 
we stay up the hands of the burdened disciples of Christ, our 
brothers. 

After taking action in the affirmative, we fixed our eyes on 
the Star, who had lighted our pathway the previous year, 
even the Star of Bethlehem. 

With hope bright, and faith, a trust, we marched on, some- 
times with weary brain and tired body, but never, no, never 
discouraged ; when we reached the first mile-stone we rested, 
opened our treasure-box and counted over $1,000 which we 
passed into the hands of the Finance Committee. The mu- 
tual feeling of gratitude led us to say, surely God has been 
with us and that to bless. Before we moved on we felt we 
needed our children's co-operation; it would be well to 
arouse in them a spirit of devotion and self-sacrifice ; an in- 
vitation was given in the Sunday School, and we had a large 
gathering at the primary meeting. An enthusiastic spirit was 
manifested when the Rose Window in front was offered them 
as their special object of work; the cost was $450. Through 
juvenile fairs and children's parties the window was paid for 
before the expiration of the time. Their social events were 
not only a success in raising money, but there was inculcated 
a loyal spirit to a loyal cause ; many a home could reveal the 
sacrifices children made, and the inspiration to mothers to 
stand on a higher plane. Not soon will the day be forgotten 
when the announcement was made to the children that the 
last payment had been made on the Window and the promise 
made them at the beginning, that its construction should be 
explained would be fulfilled at a later date. 

This obligation being met, they voted not to disband but 
to assist the Association in paying the mortgage, and $234.50 
were added — making $684.50 from the children. 



170 MAVEEICK CHUECH ASSOCIATION. 

All the ladies of our church and society according to the 
by-laws were members of Maverick Church Association, and 
from the breadth of the enterprise, we have felt free to call 
on all for co-operation. Some of our members who were 
willing workers with us at the beginning have passed from 
our sight, others having removed from the island. 

At each successive mile-stone in our journey our treasury 
increased, and finally when the goal was reached and accounts 
taken, the report read thus : Maverick Church Association 
through the proceeds from 59 Entertainments, from pledges 
and donations, raised $12,000 in eleven years for the pur- 
poses above stated. In 1884 and 1885 $689.77 were raised 
and used for current expenses. 

In September, 1884, it was learned that by the will of Miss 
Gibbs a legacy of $1500 had been bequeathed to be used as a 
nucleus for a parsonage fund. It became a necessity that a 
parsonage be procured, as our pastors had been subjected to 
great inconvenience. In 1883 a committee was chosen to at- 
tend to it and in 1886 a parsonage was purchased for $8060 
at which time a payment of $2000 was made on the same and 
a pledge of $500 annually was made until the debt was can- 
celled. 

In order to raise the money various devices have been 
brought forward. Although sometimes discouragements as- 
sailed us, yet Faith and Prayer predominated and we have 
gone forward and the assurance of the accomplishment of 
the work has become a certainty. When we bought the par- 
sonage the following sums were donated : by Miss Gibbs, 
$1500; Dr. E. H. Spaulding, $200; Mr. Frank Wood, $100; 
Mrs. Annie Wood, $100; Mr. Luther A. Wright, $100. In 
1894, Mrs. Paul Curtis, $100. 

Money raised by entertainments and soliciting from 
Dec, 1873, to Jan., 1876, $3801.43. 

1877, 1211.96. 

1878, I559-9I- 

1879, 1160.81. 

1880, 2095.00. 



MAVERICK CHUECH ASSOCIATION. 



171 



I88I 


1127.68. 


1882 


1120.06. 


1883 


1087.38. 


1884 


389.00. 


1885 


300.77. 


1886 


577.80. 


1887 


687.26. 


1888 


754-53. 


1889 


690.46. 


1890 


603.72. 


I89I 


584.19. 


1892 


552.00. 


1893 


329.19. 


1894 


• 537.88. 


it 


519,171.03. 



Total, 



Officers of Maverick Church Association from its organi- 
zation, 1873, to June 30th, 1894: 



Presidents. 

Mrs. J. CoLESwoRTHY from 1874 to 1884. 

Miss Mary Fales " 1884 " 1886. 

Miss Ellen Robbins " 1886 " 1888. 2 

Mrs. J. W. Robbins " 1888 " 1890. 2 

Mrs. L. W. Field '• 1890 " the present time. 



10 years. 

2 " 

a 



4yrs. 



Mrs. Hilton 
Miss H. F. Crafts 
Mrs. Paul Bailey 
Mrs. M. E. Demond 
Miss Ellen Robbins 



Miss M. E. Fales 
Mrs. Helen Crosby 
Miss H. F. Crafts 



Vice-presidents. 

from 1874 to 1875. I year. 

" 1875 " 1876. I " 

" 1876 " 1884. 8 '" 

" 1877 " 1881. 4 " 

" 1881 " 1887. 6 " 
" 1890 " the present time. 

secretaries. 

from 1874 to 1884. 10 years. 
" 1884 " 1889. 5 '' 
" 1889 " the present time. 



4 yrs. 



5 yrs. 



172 



MAVERICK CHURCH ASSOCIATION. 



Treasurers. 
Mrs. a. H. Spaulding from 1874 to 1878. 4 years. 
Miss M. Brock " 1878 " 1879. ^ 

Miss C. Grueber " 1879 " 1881. 2 

Mrs. A. L. Adams " 188 1 " the present time. 

AUDITORS. 

Mrs. J. H. S. Pearson from 1873 to 1876 



Miss Hammett 
Mrs. Whittemore 
Miss Hammett 
Mrs. Whittemore 
Miss Ellen Robbins 



1876 " 1880. 

1880 " li 

1881 " 1883. 
1883 " i^ 
1892 " 1894. 

Mrs. L. W. Field has served on the ticket committee from 
since the formation of the Society to the present time. 

Miss H. F. Crafts, Secretary. 
Mrs. a. L. Adams, Treasurer. 



. 3 years 


• 4 




I 




. 2 




• 9 




. 2 





3 yrs. 



lisloriml i^ist of P^emhrs. 



Those marked with an asterisk (*) are deceased ; those with an obelisk (t) are 
dismissed to other churches : (t) excommunicated. 



10 



11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 



17 

18 



21 

22 

23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
44 
30 
31 



At the Okganizatiois^, May 31, 1836. 



i Eleazer Johnson 
*Elizabeth Johnson 
*Philip Lord 
t Susan Lord 
t Aaron Ordway 
t Catherine Ordway 

Sarah Lamson 

(Mrs. A. Bowker.) 
*Sarah Haynes 

Benjamin F. Butler 
*Mary Jane Butler 



t Jacob Hayes 
t Lydia Burns 
t Clarissa Burns 
*Betsey Burns 
t Zoeth Rich 
t Phoebe Rich 



First Church, Marblehead. 

(( u 

Howard Street Church, Salem. 

u u u 

(( (( u 

(( (( (( 

New North Church, Boston. 

Salem Church, Boston. 

ti u 

North Church, Portsmouth, N. H. 
July 7, 1836. 

Alfred, Me. 
Hudson, N. H. 
Dunstable, N. H. 
Church in Lowell, Ms. 
Eastham, Ms. 



*Rebecca Parsons 
tJane Fullerton. 



Febeuaey 2, 1837. 

Edgecomb, Me. 



(Mrs. Land.) 



19 t James M. Whiton 

20 tMary E. Whiton 



May 28, 1837. 

Salem Church, Boston. 



May 4, 1838. 



tMary Atherton 
(Mrs. Kendall.) 

t Rachel Pond 

(Mrs. Cheever.) 

tRev. William W. Newell 

tElizabeth W. Newell 

tAbigail Garvin 

*Roxana Leavitt 

♦William H. Delano. 

*Sarah Delano 

*Rebecca Pierce 

*John Pierce. 

t Gilbert E. Pierce. 

t Caroline R. Brown. 



Village Church, Dorchester. 

Bennet St. Church, Boston. 

Brighton. Ms. 
Bradford, Ms. 
Shapleigh, Me. 
Old South, Boston. 

Scituate, Mass. 

First Christian Church, Boston. 



174 



HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 



32 

33 
34 
35 
43 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 



51 
52 



♦Jonathan Tower. 

tSusan Clifford. (Mrs. Chase.) 

*Phebe Kilborn. 

I Serada Morse. (Mrs. Graves.) 

*Persis L. Morse. 

tAaron L. Ordway. 

t Harvey Rogers. 

t Helen Rogers. 

♦Alexander Lane. 

♦Charlotte Lane. 

f William Sawyer. 

tElsey W. Morgan. 



tEnoch Morse 
tPersis H. Morse 



tSamuel W. Hall 
tMargaret B. Hall 
tLucy L. Wellington 



June 29, 1838. 

Third Church, Salem. 

(( (( 

November 2, 1838. 

Salem Church, Boston. 



56 

57 


tEdnah C. Newell 
* Joshua Cheever 


Pine St. Church, Providence. 
Union Church, Boston. 

April 7, 1839. 


58 
59 


♦Samuel S. Luke. 

tClarissa E. Luke. (Mrs. Gurlow.) 






May 3, 1839. 


60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 


t Edwin Bailey 
tMargaret M. Bailey 
♦Hannah Luke 
t Henry T. Butler. 
J John P. Ordway. 
tCaroline E. Cheever 
lEmily C. Cheever. 
i Almena C. Cheever. 


Bowdoin St. Church, Boston. 
Shoreham, Vt. 

. (Mrs. H. T. Butler.) 
July 3, 1839. 


68 
69 


t Increase S. Hill 
t Mary Hill 

( 


Third Church, Salem. 
October 19, 1839. 


70 


t Lydia C. Jackman 


Belville, Ms. 
March 1, 1840. 


45 
46 

47 
48 
49 


t Thomas Brown 
tAnn F. Brown 
♦Fidelia Smith 
♦Isabella Dias. 
tEliza Ann Drake. 


Union Church, Boston. 
West Boylston. 

July 5, 1840. 


50 


tOlive S. Moulton 


Hampton, N. H. 



71 t Simon Moulton. 

72 tB. Henry Ordway. 



HISTOEICAL LIST OF MEMBETtS. 



175 



73 t John Melville 



74 *Beriah Loomis 

75 *Louisa Loomis 



October 30, 1840. 

Village Church, Dorchester. 

January 3, 1841. 

Bowdoin Church, Boston. 



July 30, 1841. 

76 *Joseph Bobbins Salem Church, Boston. 

77 *Margaret E. Bobbins " 

October 1, 1841. 

78 tWilliam B. Lovejoy Salem Church, Boston. 

79 t Mary Ann Lovejoy " " 

80 *William T. Allen 

81 tCaroline L. G. Allen 

82 Albert Bowker. 



March 4, 1842. 

83 *Daniel H. Lombard Lincoln, Me 

84 tMary J. Lombard 

85 tBev. Amos A. Phelps 



87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 



Pine St. Cliurch, Boston. 



*Mariah Bobbins 



*John H. Tomlinson 
t John Wooley 
lElizabeth Wooley 
t William Johns. 
tMary Briggs. 
*Mary Lord, 
t Prudence Irvin. 
tSarah K. Williams. 
Bachel S. Williams. 



April 29, 1842. 

G-ainesville, Ala. 

July 3, 1842. 

Old South Church, Boston. 
Second Church, New York. 



(Mrs. Smith.) 
(Mrs. Synett.) 



96 
97 



100 
101 
102 
103 



*Ebenezer Hall 

*Hannah Hall 

*Luther Hall 

tOlivia P. Hall 
Angelina D. Parker 
J. Brooks Parker 

tFannie Robinson 

*David F. Lord. 



September 4, 1842. 

Salem Church, Boston. 



Boylston, Mass. 
Dudley. 



November 6, 1842. 



104 *Thomas Ditson. 

105 Martha Ditson. 



March 5, 1843. 



106 *M^Unda Josselyn. 



176 historical list of members. 

September 1, 1843. 

107 tisaac H. Smitli Howard St. Church, Salem, 

108 tAlmira Pond Westboro. 

109 tLucy C. Osborn Pres. Ch. Saratoga Sp., N. Y. 

(Mrs. Tomlinson.) (Mrs. John B. Leach.) 

Jat^uary 5, 1844. 

110 tNathaniel Howard Green St. Church. 

111 tOlive Howard " 

112 t Joanna Keyes Howard " " 

113 tisabella Littlefield 1st Cong. Church, Lowell. 

114 *Mary A. Watson Cong. Church, Easton. 

April 3, 1844. 

115 *Charles James Cong. Church, Medford, Mass. 

116 *Elizabeth W. S. James Cong. Church, Medford, Mass. 

117 *Eliza G-. Googins. 

November 3, 1844. 

119 *Dorcas P. Sweetser Cong. Church, Portland, Me. 

118 *Jane Bilby " " *' 

120 tSarah Foster. (Mrs. E. Hamilton.) 

121 *Jane Taylor. 

March 2, 1845. 

122 *Samuel Giddings Village Church, Amesbury, Mass. 

123 tEunice Giddings " " " 

124 tFrancis C. Swett Central Church, Boston. 

125 tCalthea G. Swett Village Church, Amesbury. 

May 4, 1845. 

126 t Jessie Merrill Franklin, N. H. 

127 *Sarah Merrill '* 

128 t Laura Merrill " 

129 Flora G. Merrill *' " (Mrs. G. F. Pierce.) 

130 tHarvey M. ISIorse Bowdoin St. Church, Boston. 

131 tHannah M. Morse " " 

132 tAlice Johns. 

January 4, 1846. 

133 *Sally Fletcher Amherst, N. H. 

134 *Mary Jones Bennet St. Church, Boston. 

(Mrs. J. Duncan.) 

135 tMary A. Pickett Central Church, Boston. 

136 tEnoch S. Hamilton. 

February 23, 1846. 

137 *Daniel V. Folts . Springville, N. Y. 

138 *Harriet E. M. Folts 

April 27, 1846. 

139 t George W. Osborne Waterville, Me. 

140 tMary A. Osborne " " 

141 tEliza Emerson Lowell, Mass. (Mrs. Webber.) 

142 t John Curry Salem Church, Boston. 



HISTOEICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 



177 



143 


*E. K. Mitchell 


2d Cong. Church, Portland, Me. 




Januaky 3, 1847. 


144 


tCurtis Haven 


Salem Church, Boston. 


145 


tMartha Haven 


a a 


146 


*Jackson Richardson 


Mt. Yernon Church, Boston. 


147 


tThomas Foss 


1st Church, Marblehead, Mass. 


148 


*Jarius Pratt 


Winnisiramet Church, Chelsea. 


149 


*Deborah Pratt 


(( (( 


150 


*Mary Pratt 


li (( 


151 


*John White 


Springfield, Mass. 


152 


t Harriet White 


li u 


153 


tAdaline A. White 


(Mrs. Burrill.) 


154 


*Abner Loomis 


Edgecomb, Me. 


155 


*Susan Loomis 


a i; 


156 


*Jane P. Straight 


Rochester, N. Y. 


157 


tMcholas Shick 


U (( 


158 


tRuth B. Burrows 


New Bedford, Mass. 


159 


t William B. Pickett. 






March 7, 1847. 


160 


*Harriet Lunt 


4th Church, Newburyport, Mass. 


161 


*Susan A. Adams 


Castine. Me. 


162 


*Marv A. L. Coffin 
(Mrs. Marsh. ) 


North Ch., Portsmouth, N. H. 


163 


*Sarah Farrar 


Winnisimmet Church, Chelsea. 


164 


t Henry W. Farley 


Tabernacle Church, Salem, Mass. 


165 


* Aaron Brown 


Appleton Church, Lowell, Mass. 


166 


♦Harriet Brown 
(Mrs. W. Gray.) 


(( u 


167 


t Jane Pickering 


(( (( 


168 


tThomas Rogers 


Calais, Me. 


169 


t Margaret A. Rogers 


(( 


170 


tGilbert Stevens 


Queechee Yillage, Yt. 


171 


tNancy Stevens 


(( (( 


172 


Caroline L. Fales 


Mt. Yernon Church, Boston. 


173 


♦Abigail Small 


Cong. Church, Chatham, Mass. 


174 


tMary Haven. 




175 


tElizabeth C. Fowler. 


(Mrs. Shick.) 


176 


♦Elizabeth Shackford. 





177 *John R. Dennis 

178 *Sarah Dennis 

179 tElizabeth G. Clark. 



May 2, 1847. 

Mariner's Church, Boston. 



July 4, 1847. 

Crombie St. Church, Salem, Mass. 



180 tAndrew Sleuman 

181 tElizabeth S. Sleuman " 

182 *Joseph Folsom. 

183 Martha Folsom. 

184 t James W. Coltman. 

185 tMary A. Coltman. 

186 t Juliette J. Merrill. (Mrs. Edwin R. Pierce.) 
1863^t Oliver N. Moulton. 



178 HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 

187 tRebecca Ormsby. 

188 tLavinia Payne. 

189 tMary B. Lovejoy. (Mrs. Snow.) 

191 *Mary F. Delano. (Mrs. S. W. Hill.) 

190 tMary C. Noyes. (Mrs. Oliver.) 

192 tHenrietta Baker. 
192 >^t Maria P. White. 

193 Mary P. Burbank. 

September 5, 1847. 

194 t John Harmon Salem Church, Boston. 

195 tMary A. Harmon " " 

196 *Thomas D. Demond Leyden Church, Boston. 

197 *Susan M. P. Demond " " 

198 tCatherine Wheelock Cong. Church, Greenfield, Mass. 

November 7, 1847. 

199 *Eliza A. Hazlit 1st Cong. Church, Lowell, Mass. 

200 tCaroline F. Foster. (Mrs. Taft.) 

March 5, 1848. 

201 t John Howe, Jr. Cong. Church, Searsport, Me. 

202 tClara D. Howe *' " 

203 t Josiah M. Read Central Church, Boston. 

206 tElizaS. Read " " 

204 tEmeline J. Brown Berlin, Ct. 

205 tRachael C. Hoffman Leyden Church, Boston. 

September 4, 1848. 

207 t Julia A. Payne Cannon St. Church, Poughkeepsie, 

N. Y. 

208 tLavinia Payne " " 

209 *Joseph J. Fales Cong. Church, Wrentham, Mass. 

January 7, 1849. 

210 tMary Morrison Winnisimmet Church, Chelsea, Mass. 

March 4, 1849. 

211 *]Srehemiah Merritt Leyden Church, Boston. 

212 tAnna B. Merritt " " 

213 tStephen N. Stockwell " " 

214 tAnna B. Stockwell " " 

215 *Hannah A. Crosby Green St. Church, Boston. 

May 6, 1849. 

216 lElizabeth A. Wood (Mrs. Parker.) 

July 1, 1849. 

217 tNehemiah T. Merritt Leyden Church, Boston. 

218 ^Elizabeth Edlefson " '* 

September 2, 1849. 

219 t John Hegan Mariner's Church, Boston. 
225 tJane Hegan " " 

220 *Matilda Morse Salem Church, Boston. 

221 tNancy W. Mitchell Cong. Church, South Woburn, Mass. 



HISTOEICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 



179 



222 
223 
226 



224 



227 
228 
229 

230 
231 
232 



ISTOVEMBEK 4, 1849. 
tRobert S. Hitchcock Seminary Church, Andover, Mass. 

*S. P. Seaman WinnJsimmet Church, Chelsea, Mass. 

iClara Seaman " " 

(Mrs. Thaxon.) 

January 6, 1850. 
Maryline Foster. (Mrs. Palmer.) 
March 3, 1850. 



t John B. Hutchinson 
tRutha B. Hutchinson 
tSusan Rairdon 

(Mrs. Chase.) 
*Alice H. Fisher 
tLucinda G. Stevens. 
*Samuel W. Hill. 



Central Church, Boston. 
Church in Phippsburg, Me. 
Church in Nantucket, Mass. 



233 *Ann T. Washburn 



234 

235 
236 
237 
238 
239 
240 
241 
242 
243 
244 
245 
246 
248 
247 
249 
250 
252 
253 



254 
255 
256 
257 
258 
259 
260 
251 
261 
262 
263 
264 

265 



May 5, 1850. 

2d Church, Hartford. 



*Sally Hahn 
tEzra Bartlett 
*Asa Robbins 
*Judith G. Robbins 
tSamuel Ritchie 
tAgnes Ritchie 
*David W. Lord 
^Harriet H. Lord 
*Samuel K. Burbeck 
*N"ancy D. Burbeck 
t Francis C. Swett 
tCalthea G. Swett 
tEmily J. Wentworth. 
t Abby Stevens. 
Marcia A. Wentworth 
1 Harriet Payne. 
tMary A. Upton. 
*John Murphy. 
*Margaret A. Murphy. 



January 4, 1852. 

1st Church, Winthrop, Me. 

Church in Berwick, Me. 

Presb. Church, Gainesville, Ala. 



Presb. Church, Condor, Ireland. 
Associate Reformed Church, Boston. 
Church in Ipswich, Mass. 

1st Church, Yarmouth, Mass. 

Central Church, Boston. 

(Mrs. Stone.) 



t John P. Averill 
^Elizabeth C. Averill 
tAbraham Fitts 
tMary J. Fitts 
t Joseph D. Crowell 
tHuldah S. Crowell 
tWilliam H. Fredson 
*Henrietta Fredson 
*Pamelia D. Converse 
*Lucy Ring 
*Lydia D. Bailey 
*Malinda Taylor 

(Mrs. C. H .Smith.) 
*Sarah J. Howes 



March 7, 1852. 

Winthrop Church, Charlestown. 



Cong. Church, Manchester, N. H. 

Cong. Church, Centreville, Mass. 

High St. Church, Portland, Me. 

Second Church, Portland, Me. 
Salem Church, Boston. 
3d Church, Plymouth, Mass. 
Cong. Church, Washington, N. H. 

" Groton, Mass. 



180 HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBEES. 

266 Paul Bailey, Jr. 

267 IBenjamin J. Howes. 

268 tElijah C. Crane. 

269 *Mary Reniick. 

270 tMary Ann Finley. 

271 tEliza O. Moulton. 

May 2, 1852. 

272 Dorothy Noyes 1st Cong. Church, Lowell, Mass. 

273 *Eleanor E. Ray " " Bluehill, Mass. 

274 *Marion B. Clough Cong. Church, Essex, Mass, 

275 tDavid C. Ryder " Chatham, Mass. 

276 tMary A. Ryder " " 

277 tArad T. Harlow W. M. Church, Duxbury, Mass. 

278 t Augusta N. Harlow " " 

279 tlvory Harlow " u 

280 tOlive C. Harlow ♦' " 

281 tAbby P. Taylor. (Mrs. E. C. Crane.) 

282 t Josiah M. Reed. 

283 Mary D. Boss. 

284 tOtis C. Howe. 

285 *Hepzibah H. Morrill. 

286 Sarah F. Wentworth. (Mrs. Bacon.) 

287 tMary F. Brown. (Mrs. S. W. Lovering.) 

288 ^Isabella A. Bilby. (Mrs. Lowell Cook.) 

289 Isabella Hegan. (Mrs. Blair.) 

290 tRoxanna Burg. (Mrs. Leighton.) 

291 *Hannah M. Delano. 

292 Emma L. Delano. 

293 tEstelle Ditson. (Mrs. F .C. Kendall.) 

294 Elizabeth L. Hall. (Mrs. x4.bbott.) 

295 tLydia E. Hall. (Mrs. Staniford.) 

296 Barbara P. Muir. 

297 t Cyrus P. Osborne. 

298 t Augustus M. Brainard. 

299 t Charles B. Morton. 

300 ^Philander Nutter. 

301 tHarriet M, Osborne. 

302 t Sarah A. Morton. 

303 *Martha R. Stevens. 

304 *Rebecca Kendall. 

305 t Susan A. Tomlinson. (Mrs. Bond.) 

306 Mary E. Fales. 

307 *Eveline C. Ring. (Mrs. G. E. James.) 

308 t Jedidah Brown. (Mrs. Wood.) 

309 t Julia A. Harlow. 

310 Harriet A. Lovejoy. (Mrs. S. Hall.) 

311 Lucy Brooks. (Mrs. P. Nutter.) 

July 4, 1852. 

312 t Salome McClenathan 1st Cong. Church, Manchester, N. H. 

313 t Phineas Burgess 3d Presb. Church, Philadelphia. 

314 ^Elizabeth B. Burgess " " (Mrs. Clark.) 

315 tEliza Burgess Presb. Church, Philadelphia. 

316 t Lydia A. Walsh " " 



HISTOEICAL, LIST OF MEMBERS. 



181 



Salem Churcli, Boston. 



317 t Elizabeth L. Hall 

318 t Mary Plumbley 

319 t Mary M. Morse 

320 *Kate W. Lincoln 

(Mrs. Sparrell.) 

321 t Sarah J. Chamberlain 

322 t Eliza W. Clark 

323 t Samuel D. Hadley. 

324 *Albert Huse. 

325 Nancy S. Huse. 

326 I Jacob Finkin. 

327 -^Sarah E. Ring. 

328 t John Upton. 

329 t Helvinia A. Converse. (Mrs. Garvin.) 

330 Mary F. Crosby. (Mrs. Soule.) 

331 John M. Duncan. 

332 George E. James. 

333 t Catherine T. McCusker. 

334 *Julia M. Dennis. (Mrs. J. D. Dixon.) 

335 *Mary H. Small. (Mrs. J. K. Sparrell.) 

336 *Susan D. Wild. 

337 t Lyman James. 

338 Mary E. James. 



Union Church, Boston. 
Winthrop Ch., Charlestown, Mass. 



North Church, Portsmouth, N. H. 



339 t Sarah Carrick 

340 t Sarah J. Foss. 

341 t James Perrie. 



September 5, 1852. 

Salem Church, Boston. 



342 *Ira Carver 

343 *Susan Carver 

344 t Sally A. Burgess 

345 tFrancelia A. Burgess 

346 ^Harriet W. Muir 

347 t Sarah A. Bates 

348 *Eliza Brown. 

349 tMary F. Plumley. (Mrs 

350 tEphraim A. Hall. 

351 tLouisa L. Hall, 

352 *William Thompson. 

353 t Marion Thompson. 

354 *John P. Muir. 



November 7, 1852. 

Cong. Church, 



Marshfield, Mass. 



Little Compton, R. I. 

Presp Church, Shelburne, N. S. 
Cong. Church, Cohasset, Mass. 

Hill.) 



355 
356 



*Susan Littlefield 
*Elizabeth Finkin. 



January 2, 1853. 

Cone:. Church, Wells, Me. 



March 6, 1853. 

357 t Sally Thurber Union Church, Boston. 

358 t William H. Barstow Church in Brookfield, Mass. 

359 Ferdinand A. W. Converse. 

360 t James F. Harlow. 



182 



HISTORICAL LIST OF MEJMBEES. 



361 tSarah Nay 

362 tElizabeth P. Tyler 

363 Samuel W. Heal. 



364 tCharles W. Butler 



371 
372 
373 
374 

375 
376 
377 
378 
379 
380 
381 
382 



383 

384 
385 

386 
387 



388 
389 

390 
391 
398 



392 

393 
394 
395 



May 1, 1853. 

Cong. Church, Raymond, N. H. 
Cong. Church, Machias, Me. 



July 3, 1853. 



365 Martha E. S. Demond 

366 tCaroline Boynton 

367 ^Elizabeth Warren 

368 tSarah Ross 

369 iSarah D. Wood. (Mrs 



Cong. Church, Amesbury and Salis- 
bury, Mass. 
Winthrop Ch., Charlestown, Mass. 
Hallowell, Me. 
Union Church, Boston. 
1st Church, Charlestown, Mass. 
Henry Dunlap.) 



September 4, 1853. 



370 *Ephraim P. Howe 



Cong. Church, Deerfield, N. H. 

, 1853. 
Mystic Church, Medford, Mass. 
Mystic Church, Medford, Mass. 
Eliot Church, Roxbury, Mass. 
1st Church, Pomfret, Conn. 

Salem Church, Boston. 
Winter Street, Bath, Me. 



November 6 
*Paul Curtis 

Almira J. Curtis 
tSusan M. Underwood 
tJane E. Gilbert 

(Mrs. Xelson Curtis.) 

Jane McClerty 
tElizabeth F. Ellis 
tMary E. Hall 
tMary J. Burgess. (Mrs. Thursby.) 

Mary E. Bragdon. (Mrs. Paul Bailey. ) 
*Margaret Schrofenberg. 
tLucy H. Howes. 
*Emily C. Sturtevant. (Mrs. McPherson.) 

January 1, 1854. 

Mystic Church, Medford. 



tAlmira B. Curtis 

(Mrs. G. W. Merritt. 

Mary M. Reed 

Marcia Ives Hall. (Mrs 
tCaroline Webb. 
tMaria Wentworth. 



Church of the Pilgrims, Boston, 
Emery.) 



May 1, 1854. 



2d Cong. Church, ISTewcastle, Me. 
1st Pres. Church, Rahway, X. J. 



tHarrison Williams 

Philamela J. Cottle 
(Mrs. Cole.) 

William J. Cheeney. 
*William W. Palmer. 
tMary A. Carrick. 

June 26, 1854. 
*E. S. Lawrence Winthrop Ch., Charlestown, Mass. 

Hannah P. Lawrence Winthrop Ch., Charlestown, Mass. 

tWm. B. Sprague Mystic Church, Medford, Mass. 

tEunice W. Bailey 1st Church, Nashua, N. H. 

September 1, 1854. 

396 tRev. R. W. Clark Seminary Church, Andover, Mass. 

397 tRebecca M. Butler Church in Augusta, Me. 



HISTORICAL, LIST OF MEMBERS. 



183 



399 tOliver U. Root 

400 *James S. Moore 

401 tMehitable R. White 

402 tSusan C. Carver. (Mrs 

403 *Flora Morrison. 



November 3, 1854, 

Park St. Church, Boston. 



A. C. Litchfield.) 



404 tEmeline Tebbetts 

405 tMary Burke 

406 tllannah Chapman, 

407 tMary Ann Clark 

(Mrs. Davis.) 

408 tGeorge Holman 

409 tDelia Holman 

410 tSophiaFay 

411 Hannah Zehna 

412 tGeorge Sherman 

413 James N. Hinckley. 

414 tMary F. Barnes. 

415 ^Caroline Bacon. 



418 
419 
420 
421 
422 
423 



424 
425 
426 
427 
428 
429 
430 
431 
432 
433 
434 
435 
436 
437 
438 
439 
440 
441 



January 1, 1855. 

Cong. Church, 



1st 



Ware, Mass. 
Bingham, Me. 
Amherst, Mass. 
Mattapoisett, Mass. 

Royalston, Mass. 



Black Rock, N. 
Cong. Church, 



Y. 

Calais, 



Me. 



February 25, 1855. 



416 *Charles Googins. 



March 7, 1855. 



417 *Sarah Sturtevant. 



April 30, 1855. 
tHenry Leland Cong. Church, Ellsveorth, Me. 

*Ann Cook Meth. Ep. Ch., Meridian St., E. B. 

tElizabeth Stoddard. 
tCatherine W. Willis. 

tHuldah H. Mitchell. (Mrs. A. C. Converse.) 
Eveline E. Sturtevant. 



June 25. 1855. 



t John L. Stewart 
tC Matilda Stewart 

Winslow Hall 
tRussell L. Snow 
*Maria J. Brown 
tMary A. Gove 

Dorothy J. Tyrer 
tXelson F. Holman 
t Joshua Clark. 
tNelson Curtis. 
tGeo. W. Merritt. 
tEldridge K. Sparrell. 
^Lincoln S. Stoddard. 

George Stewart, 
t John R. Macy. 
*John H. Plumley. 
tLevi B. Stinchfield. 
tFrances T. Stinchfield. 



2d Presb. Church, Trenton, N. J. 

Mystic Church, Medford, Mass. 
Cong. Church, Orleans, Mass. 
1st Church, Cambridgeport, Mass. 
Ley den Church, Boston. 
1st Church, Marblehead, Mass. 
1st Church, Royalston, Mass. 



184 HISTOEICAL LIST OF MEMBEKS. 

442 Abby Allen. 

443 ^Charlotte H. Littlefield. 

444 *Maria Bailey. 

445 *Georgiana L. West. 

446 tAlmira D. Atkins. 

447 Lorenna W. Field. 

448 tAnna M. Lawrence. (Mrs. L. F. Busiel.) 

449 Hannah Alexander. 

450 *ElizaHill. 

451 tSophia Simpson. 

452 tMaria E. Simpson. 

453 *Lydia E. Googins. (Mrs. Doughty.) 

454 Phebe G. Haley. 

455 Helen M. Morrill. (Mrs. W. H. Flint.) 

456 tEIizabeth Smith. (Mrs. Stone.) 

457 tAdelineF. Lewis. (Mrs. Isaac Cochran.) 

458 t Julia A. Lawrence. (Mrs. Otis C. Howe.) 

459 Jane M. Hight. (Mrs. Pninney.) 

460 tFrances Philips. 

461 tRuth D. Small. (Mrs. McCollum.) 

462 Helen A. Banks. 

August 27, 1855. 

463 *Emily F. Washburn 1st Cong. Ch., Manchester, I^. H. 

464 t Sarah L. Hill. 

465 tSarah A. Lovejoy. 

466 tFanny G. Sprague. (Mrs. S. Small.) 

467 Elizabeth Essen. (Mrs. Fuller,— Mrs. Dillingham.) 

468 *Mark Googins. 

469 *Joseph F. Blasland. 

470 tSamuel Small, Jr. 

471 *Leander S. Stone. 

472 t Edward Pay son Butler. 

473 tCharles S. Maine. 

474 George H. Frost. 

475 tEben Staniford. 

October 29, 1855. 

476 tMartha D. Allen 4th Church, Providence, R. I. 

477 tSally L. Towle 2d Cong. Church, Cohasset, Mass. 

478 tEllen M. Allen. 

479 tMary F. Conant. (Mrs. Richmond.) 

480 Samuel E. Conant. 

481 $Wm. A. Kibler. 

December 31, 1855. 

482 tRichard S. Alexander. 

483 t Ann Maria Alexander. 

484 Louisa Curtis. (Mrs. D. Y. Kendall.) 

485 t George T. Hall. 

486 tAurelia J. Danforth. (Mrs. Hall.) 

487 tGalen F. Kilborn. 

February 25, 1856. 

488 *James Freeman Cong. Church, Eastham, Mass. 

489 John H. Osgood " Rockland, Me. 



HISTOEICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 185 

490 Catherine H. Osgood Cong. Church, Rockland, Me. 

491 tT. Haven Dearing. 

492 Lyman S. Dawes. 

Apkil 28, 1856. 

493 *Taylor G-. Hall Cong. Church, Houlton, Me. 

494 *Eliza T. Hall 

495 Elizabeth T. Hall 

496 tHelen M. jO. Wright, Mystic Church, Medford, Mass. 

497 tDorcas H. Lewis Cong. Church, Centi-eville, Mass. 

498 *Abigail B. Clifton Tabernacle Church, Salem, Mass. 

499 tJulia M.Knox Winthrop Ch., Charlestown, Mass. 

500 tAbraham Buell. 

501 tllarriet G-. Buell. 

502 Eliza Skillinss. (Mrs. Chas. Rogers.) 

503 tLydia C. Barker. 

July 2, 1856. 

504 t Sarah J. Lincoln. 

505 tMarantha Hathaway. 

506 "i"Harriet Inman. 

507 *Sarah B. Bickford. 

September 1, 1856. 

508 Mary Ann Brown. (Mrs. Carr.) 

October 27, 1856. 

509 Celia O. Winter. 

510 Jane Halse. 

January 2, 1857. 

511 tCharles D. Fowles Edwards Church, Boston. 

512 tSusan Fowles " " 

513 *William Longshaw, Jr. 

February 23, 1857. 

514 tA. G-. Boyden Crombie St. Church, Salem, Mass. 

515 tisabella W. Boyden " " 

516 Esther Flinn Cong. Church, Chatham, Mass. 

517 *Susan McKenzie. 

July 3, 1857. « 

518 t Augustus M. Brainard Cong. Church, Bristol, X. H. 

519 Elvira O. Tyrrell " " 

520 tMary F. Waters Dane St. Church, Beverly, Mass. 

521 Hannah F. Crafts. 

October 26, 1857. 

522 tWm. R. Inman. 

523 tirene D. Atkins. 

524 tCharlotte A. Saunders. (Mrs. Parker.) 

525 Ellen M. Robbins. 

526 tAdelaide L. Lovejoy. 

527 tAbby L. Clark. 



186 histoeical list of membeks. 

March 1, 1858. 

528 tWm. H. Ward Franklin St. Ch., Manchester, N. H. 

529 *Albert Cummings Cong. Church, Hudson, N. H. 

530 tMartha C. Cummings " " 

(Mrs. Clark.) 

531 t Hannah R. Chadbourn (Mrs. J. Clark), Elliot Ch. Roxbury. 

April 30, 1858. 

532 Samuel Hoffses. 

533 *Mary Ann F. Hoffses. 

534 tFrances C. Boynton. 

June 28, 1858. 

535 Henry Bailey. 

536 Elizabeth Bailey. 

537 tCarrie E. Pearson. (Mrs. A. J. Bodge.) 

538 tGreorgianna Perigo. (Mrs. Daniel G. Hill.) 

539 Ellen E. Fitch. 

540 *Mary E. Weeks. 

541 *SarahE. Weeks. 

542 *Margaret Mooney. (Mrs. Philipson.) 

543 IMoses H. Bearing. 

551 tPriscilla K. Bearing. 

544 tMary E. Buel. 

August 30, 1858. 

545 t Luther A. Wright. 

546 tMargaretta A. Wright. 

547 t Sarah A. Blandin. 

548 *Stephen W. Rice. 

549 Susan W. Rice. 

550 tCatherine L. Perigo. 

552 Sarah B. Perigo. 

553 tCharles F. Hussey. 

November 1, 1858. 

554 tRev. T. N. Haskell Presb. Church, Washington, D. C. 

555 t Annie E. Haskell 

556 *JohnFlinn. 

557 *Elizabeth C. Flinn. 

December 27, 1858, 

558 t James M. Perigo. 

559 t Sarah B. Perigo. 

560 Lyman H. Underwood. 

561 Susan E. Underwood. 

562 Amelia P. Fitch. (Mrs. Randall.) 

February 28, 1859. 

563 *Margaret Bennet. 

564 tCatherine E. H. Cox. 

565 *Martha J. Getchell. 

566 *Mehitable Kibler. 

567 tElizabeth S. Thompson. (Mrs. Anderson.) 

568 Hester P. Wentworth. 

569 Duncan Davis 1st Trin. Cong. Ch., Medford, Mass. 

570 Agnes Davis " " 



historical list of members. 187 

April 3, 1859. 

571 *Wm. H, Dunlap. 

572 *John Kaler. 

June 27, 1859. 

573 *Euiiice F. Pillsbury Church West Boscawen, ?^. H. 

576 *Pamelia .J. Longley 2d Cong. Church, Portland, Me. 

574 tSarah A. Battis Whitefield Cong. Ch., Newburyport. 

575 tAraminta D. Weeks. 

577 Mary E. Burg. (Mrs. J. A. Macfield.) 

August 29, 1859. 

578 *Joanna Balge. 

October 31, 1859. 

579 lAlden Harlow Cong. Church, Marblehead, Mass. 

580 ITemperance Harlow " " 

581 tEmily Ward Franklin St. Church, Manchester, 

(Mrs. Hyde.) N. H. 

582 t Abby F. Averill Cong. Church, Dover, N. H. 

583 tEliza L. Haskell. (Mrs. Marsh.) 

584 *Mary E. Smith. 

585 tElizabeth Jameson. 

December 26, 1859. 

586 tElisha H. Snow Cong. Church, Wellfleet, Mass. ' 

587 tLucy A. Snow " 

588 tMary Dyer Olivet Church, Springfield, Mass. 

589 Elenette Pillsbury. 

590 Mrs. M. D. Darling. 

February 27, 1860. 

591 Daniel A. Gregory Cong. Church, Tewksbury, Mass. 

592 Martha A. Gregory " " 

593 *Henrietta M. Cavana. (Mrs. A. K. Adams.) 

April 30, 1860. 

594 Harriet McKie Phillips Church, S. Boston. 

595 *Sarah B. Varney. (Mrs. Cashman.) 

June 25, 1860. 

596 Hannah C. Tutlow. 

597 tEliza S. Campbell. 

598 *Susan Powers. 

October 29, 1860. 

599 t Jacob Auld Central Church, Bath, Me. 

600 tEunice F. Auld " " 

601 tLydia P. Auld 

602 tCharles G. M. Stinson Central Church, Bath, Me. 

603 tMary E. Stinson. 

December 31, 1860. 

604 *Amelia L. Philips Dutch Reformed Church, N. Y. 

605 Sarah H. Bird Cong. Ch., No. Chelmsford, Mass. 

606 tSarah S. Bird 

(Mrs. Pierce.) 

607 tMary A. Lasky 



1S8 HISTOBICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 



608 
609 


Ann M. Mcintosh. 
Sarah Leatherland. 




February 25, 1861. 


610 
611 
612 
613 


Margaret Foster Salem Church, Boston. 
Marcia L. Smith Green St. Church, Boston. 
tMary J. Pearson. (Mrs. Howes.) 
Clara C. Messer. 

April 30, 1861. 


614 
615 
616 


*Sarah A. Pratt. 
tSusan E. Prior, 
t James H. Carrick. 




August 26, 1861. 


617 
618 


tJane Galloway Winnisimmet Ch., Chelsea, Mass 
Jennie Burbank. 



October 30, 1861. 

619 *Mehitable Perkins Cong. Church, Lyman, Me. 

620 tEliza Rairden Richmond St. Ch., Providence, R. I. 

621 tEmily F. Allen. 

December 30, 1861. 

622 tMary R. Fredson Bowdoin St. Church, Boston. 

624 *Mary Ann Huntley Presb. Church, East Boston. 

625 Harriet Thatcher Weston Mystic Church, Medford. 

626 tBetsey Kelly Bowdoin St. Church, Boston. 

627 Anna Parks Russell First Cong. Church, Nantucket. 

628 tLydia Emeline Weeks. 

629 Margaret Jane Murphy. (Mrs. Smith.) 

630 Louisa Balge. (Mrs. Miller.) 

631 t Anna Maria Smith. (Mrs. Frank Wood.) 

632 tMargaret E. Foote. 

February 24, 1862. 

633 *Annie E. Powers. (Mrs. Benner. ) 

May 4, 1862. 

634 *Mary Preble Cong. Church, Kittery, Me. 

635 *William A. A. Foltz 

July 1, 1862. 

636 *Maria Jane Powers. 

637 tAbby P. Lane Cong. Church, Hillsboro, N. H. 

November 1, 1862. 

638 Jane Kelly Winnisimmet Church, Chelsea. 

639 Annie Kelly 

March 1, 1863. 

640 *James Murphy. 

May 3, 1863. 

641 *Susan Meader Cong. Church, Nantucket, Mass. 

642 tElizabeth S. Stone Cong. Church, Biddeford, Me. 

(Mrs. Nason.) 

643 Sarah E. Pigeon Bethel Church, Boston, Mass. 

(Mrs. Delano.) 



HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 189 

644 tWilliam Taylor. 

July 5, 1863. 

645 * Juliette J. Pierce. 

646 Sarah Grace Hahn. 

647 tFrancis Wood. 

November 1, 1863. 

648 tSarah S. Thompson. (Mrs. George T. Hall.) 

649 Luther Lee Ashton Chapel, Lynn, England. 

January 3, 1864. 

650 tEev. Joel S. Bingham 2d Cong. Church, Westfield, Mass. 

651 tJane R. Bingham •' " 

652 tLaura E. Bingham " " 

(Mrs. J. Clark Read.) 
658 t Christiana Wilder " " 

654 tBetsey F. Robbins Cong. Church, Salem, Mass. 

655 tSarah A. Allen 2d Baptist Church. Syracuse, IST. Y. 

656 tMartha E. Webb First Church, Waldoboro, Me. 

(Mrs. S. X. Stockwell.) 

657 *Caroline W. Lathrop L'nion Church, Groton, Mass. 

658 Annie G. Davis . Cong, Church, Liverpool, N. S. 

659 Clara Robbins. 

660 Sarah F. Bowker. (Mrs. S. X. Moon.) 

661 tEdward T. Thompson. 

662 tMartha C. Thompson. 

663 tDelia M. Thompson. 

664 *Edward H. Thompson. 

665 John B. Ham. 

March 6, 1864. 

666 tCharles W. Butler Cong. Church, Lawrence, Mass. 

667 tRebecca M. Butler 

668 True W. Townsend " Gardner, Me. 

669 Lizzie S. Townsend. 

670 *Sarah Briggs. 

May 1, 1864. 

671 t Josiah Clark Read. 

672 J. Hiram S. Pearson. 

673 tHenry Harrington Hall. 

674 Edward S. Averill. 

675 t John S. White, Jr. 

676 tRobert D. Mason. 

677 John J. Wood. 

678 tFrederick A. Hall. 

679 *John A. Brown. 

680 *Fanny S. Littlefield. 

681 tGeorgianna Read. (Mrs. J. S. White. Jr. ) 

682 tEmma F. Read. (Mrs. W. H. Nash.) 

683 Mary F. Bowker. 

684 Arietta Wentworth. (Mrs. A. S. Auld. ) 

685 tElla Martha Thompson. 

686 tJane E. Bingham. (Mrs. Chas. F. Abbot.) 



190 HISTORICAL, LIST OF MEMBERS. 

688 Sarah Ann Cook. (Mrs. Bennet. ) 

689 t Ivory Harlow Cong. Church, Brookfield, Mass. 

690 t James F. Harlow " " 

691 tOlive C. Harlow 

692 t Adeline C. Harlow Wesleyan M. E. Ch., Duxbury, Mass. 

July 3, 1864. 
687 Charles A. West. 

693 Andrew J. Preble Mather Church, Jamaica Plain. 

694 t Olive A. Preble " " 

September 4, 1864, 

695 Hannah C. Bailey. 

696 tMary E. Stevens. 

697 tEmma F. Pickett. (Mrs. R. D. Mason.) 

698 t Jacob F. Foltz. 

699 t John B. Leach Cong. Church, Laconia, N. H. 

November 6, 1864. 

700 t Caroline Fredson. (Mrs. McCobb.) 

701 tMary E. Whitten Cong. Ch., West Cambridge, Mass. 

702 Hannah Ensworth Central Church, Lynn, Mass. 

703 t Abby W. Furber Baptist Church, Wolfboro, N. H. 

January 1, 1865. 

704 tAdeliaP. Blood. 

705 Margaret E. Bobbins. 

706 Joseph W. Bobbins. 

March 5, 1865. 

707 tRichard Hilliard Cong. Church, Provincetown. Mass. 

708 tCaroline Hilliard " '' 

709 Maiy Curtice. 

May 7, 1865. 

710 Frank F. Preble M. E. Church, Warsaw, 111. 

711 tEdward B. Blood. 

September 3, 1865. 

712 tMary George Winnisimmet Ch., Chelsea, Mass. 

713 t Sarah Jane George " " 

714 tCharles S. Ladd Cong. Church, Laconia, IST. H. 

November 5, 1865. 

715 Mary Jennie Smith. 

January 7, 1866. 

716 *Samuel P. Skinner Cong. Ch., Nantucket, Mass. 

717 *Lydia R. Skinner 

718 *Benjamin Munroe " Scituate, Mass. 
719. tAnna E. Stockwell. 

720 tCharlotte E. Littlefield. (Mrs. Jas. Kenniston.) 

721 Susan E. Littlefield. 

March 4, 1866. 

722 tEdna Flinn. (Mrs. Read.) 



historical list of membees. 191 

May 6, 1866. 

723 Elizabeth A. Townsend Bellville Cong. Ch., Newburyport, 

(Mrs. Geo. E. James.) Mass. 

724 tMartha M. Simpson Jobn St. Cong. Ch., Lowell, Mass. 

725 tSusan E. Nutter Cong. Church, Pittsfield, N. H. 

726 *William H. Lewis. 

727 t Joseph Simpson. 

728 t Charles D, Donaldson. 

729 Lutherea B. Whitcomb. 

730 Helen Bailey. 

731 Lydia Anderson. 

July 1, 1866. 

732 *John M. Coles worthy M. E. Church, Nantucket, Mass. 

733 *Ann C. Coles worthy. 

734 *Ruth B. Varney. 

735 tElizabeth Wheeler. 

736 Sophronia Preble. 

737 Emma Adams. 

738 *Sarah Lizzie Story. 

739 tElizabeth S. Wheeler. 

740 tFranklin N. Wheeler. 

741 tFrederick A. Wheeler. 

742 George E. Anderson. 

743 tHenry Newcomb. 

744 Alexander C. Adams. 

745 *Elizabeth M. Story. (Mrs. Perkins.) 

746 Grace Murphy. (Mrs. Wood.) 

747 tAgnes Murphy. (Mrs. Stone. ) 

748 t John M. C. K. Mui-phy. 

July 1, 1866. 

749 *Edward S. Perkins. 

750 *Martha Ann Hill. 

751 *Susannah Googins. 

September 2, 1866. 

752 Isaac N. Lothrop. 

753 Sarah Lothrop. 

754 Clara Weeks. (Mrs. C. E. Whittemore.) 

755 Rutha E. Shackford. 

756 Margaret Holmes. 

757 Almira K. Colby. 

758 tSarah T. Carver. (Mrs. Willey.) 

759 Eliza N. Ryder. (Mrs. Ray.) 

November 4, 1866. 

760 Weston Gray. 

761 tCharlotte C. Childs. 

762 tFlavial Bowker . Cong. Church, Phipsburg, Me. 

763 tAngeline R. Bowker " " 

764 Lydia H. Boutelle " Brunswick, Me. 

765 *Lucy P. Boutelle " '' 
801 Clara S. Boutelle " " 



192 HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 



766 

767 
768 
769 


tSilas C. Stone 1st Cong. Ch., Newton Centre, Mas 
t Julia A. Stone 

Lucy A. Allen. 

Emma L. Reynolds. 




May 3, 1867. 


770 
771 

772 
773 

774 


William Mellen 1st Free Baptist Ch., Charlestown. 
«Ann Billiard. 
*Mary A. Smith. 
tClara M. Johnson. 
*Harriet Gertrude Foltz. 



July 7, 1867. 

775 tLydia D. Finney Union Ch., Mt. Desert & Tremont, 

Maine. 

776 tThomas Henry Ball 1st Cong. Ch., Glastonbury, Conn. 

777 tAlaric Stone. 

778 tRichard Walter Hilliard. 

September 1, 1867. 

779 *Jane Giles. 

November 3, 1867. 

780 ^Eunice F. Auld Presb. Church, E. Boston. 

781 *MaryE. Auld 

782 tLucy J. Auld " " 

(Mrs, L. J. Johnson.) 

783 tLydia P. Auld 

Mrs. Woodworth.) 

784 lAmanda M. Ingalls Tabernacle Church, Salem, Mass. 

785 tHarlan Page Johnson Cong. Church, Blue Hill, Me. 

786 *Amelia J. Bell " Thomaston, Me. 

787 *Lucy E. Ring. (Mrs. Tewksbury.) 

788 Jennie Giles. (Mrs. Reynolds.) 

789 Augusta H. Miller. (Mrs. Wolff.) 

790 tWilson H. Ingalls, 

February 24, 1868. 

791 tEmeline A. Briggs 1st Cong. Church, JSTewton, Mass. 

792 *Josiah W. Getchell " Rockland, Me. 

793 *Sarah J. Getchell 

794 ^Ambrose L. Adams " Ludlow, Vt. 

795 Melvina A. F. Adams Park St. Church, Boston. 

796 Cyrus B. Townsend Cong. Church, Auburn, Me. 

797 t Austin R. Crosby " Hillsboro Centre, N. H. 

April 27, 1868. 

808 Mary S. Stinson 1st Cong. Church, Woburn, Mass. 

809 *Clara S. Crocker Winthrop Church, Charlestown. 



(Mrs. Gruber.) 



798 tSusan G. Cutting. 

799 Edwin C. Gilman. 

800 Joseph M. Bailey. 



July, 1868. 



HISTOEICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 



193 



OcTOBEK 26, 1868. 



802 tSolomon H. Dyer 

803 tSarah T. Dyer 

804 tSarah J. Dyer 

805 t Lucilla F. Frye 

806 *Louisa A. Goodhue 

807 tMary C. troodhue. (Mrs. 



Mt. Yernon Church, Boston. 
Bromfield St. M. E. Ch., Boston. 
Cong. Church, Truro, Mass. 
Cong. Church, Auburn, Me. 
Union Church, Boston. 
C. B. Townsend.) 



January 3, 1869. 
810 tGeorgie M. Thompson. (Mrs. Anderson.) (Mrs. Robinson.) 

March 7, 1869. 
tAbby Barnes (Mrs. A. W. Pierce.) Union Church, Worcester. 
* Josephine E. Bryant " " 

Virginia D. Collamore. 



811 
812 
813 

814 
815 
816 



*C. F. Eobinson 
Elizabeth A. Eobinson, 
tWilliam Goodman 



May 2, 1869. 

2d Cong. Ch., So. Abington, Mass. 



817 tMargaret Goodman 



Union St. 

N. B. 
Union St. 

N. B. 



Cong. Church, St. John, 
Cong. Church, St. John, 



818 
819 
820 
821 
822 
823 
824 
825 
826 
827 



828 
829 
830 
831 
832 
833 
834 
835 
836 
837 
838 
839 
840 
841 
842 
843 
844 
845 
846 
847 
848 



*John D. Bell 

*Anna E. Bell. 

tKate E. Bell. (Mrs. S. Swett.) 

Lydia F. Walker. 

Mary A. Willams. 

Mary J. Williams. 
tEliza J. Boutwell. 
tWilliam T. Boutwell. 
t Joseph Ingalls. 

Silas M. Stevens. 



t Orlando W. Dimick 

*Mary C. Dimick 
Ebenezer F. Spaulding 
Ada H. Spaulding 

t Lydia K. Dexter 

t Jederthan Richardson 

tSarah E, Richardson 

*Clara T. Denham 

tHiram F. Russell. 

tCaroline B. Russell. 

t James W. Webster. 

tSarah L. Webster. 

*Ephraim Brock. 

*Lydia H. Brock. 

tMartha K. Brock. 

*Cyrus Carver. 
Sarah E. Carver. 

tEsther A. Herrick. 

*Esther L. Herrick. 

tMary A. Eldridge. 
Catherine E. Bradford 



June 6 
Cong 



Church, Lyme, N. H. 



Memorial Ch,, Georgetown, Mass. 
M. E. Ch., Janesville, Wis. 
Cong, Church, Dedham, Mass. 
" Woburn, Mass. 

" Barre, Mass, 



194 HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 

849 *Emily A. Hahn. 

850 Fred H. Corthell. 

851 tWillie M. Corthell. 

852 Nelson S. Dexter. 

853 George A. Shackford. 

854 Hannah E. Shackford. 

855 t Joseph W. Whitten. 

856 Sarah F. Lothrop. (Mrs. Geo. I. Colesworthy. ) 

857 tLizzie M. Gregory. (Mrs. O. W. Dimick.) 

858 tHannah C. Bailey. (Mrs. Walker.) 

859 tEdmund A. Brown. 

860 tAnna A. Brown. 

861 *Gilman M. Hamilton. 

862 tGeorgianna E. McLellan. 

863 Moses P. Brown. 

864 Annie E. Brown. 

865 Edwin F. Swain. 

866 Eunice I. Swain. 

867 *Edward Meader. 

868 Judith P. Meader. (Mrs. F. E. Dimick. ) 

869 tMary S. Gilbert. 

870 *Almenah J. Lawrence. 

871 Annie E. Perkins. 

872 tElizabeth T. Denham. (Mrs. Conant.) 

873 *Martha K. Choate. 

874 Alice E. Pickett. (Mrs. Harry Converse.) 

875 tMary K. Bingham. (Mrs. Wilson.) 

876 *William M. Lovejoy. 

877 Harrison W. James. 

878 Mary S. Lunt. (Mrs. Anderson. ) 

879 Algernon S. Auld. 

880 tMinnie F. Bailey. (Mrs. C. Bragdon.) 

881 Emma M. Adams. (Mrs. Brown.) 

882 tFlorence Carver. (Mrs. W. S. O'Brien.) 

883 Mary E. Huse. (Mrs. Brandon.) 

884 Ella F. Wentworth. 

885 *Mary Rutherford. 

886 Mary T. F. Cook. (Mrs. Ryder.) 

887 tPeter Anderson. 

888 *Charles Rogers. 

July 4, 1869. 

889 Sarah L. Tasker Salem Church, Boston. 

890 tEmma A. Appleton South Cong. Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

891 William R. Inman Presb. Church, East Boston. 

892 ^Harriet Inman 

893 *Margaret E. Lovejoy. (Mrs. S. R. Bingham.) 

894 Julia E. Cotts. 

895 tMary J. Butler. (Mrs. H. Newcomb.) 

896 Elizabeth F. Butter. 

897 *Charles P. Ensworth. 

898 tLizzie P. Ingalls. (Mrs. Pitts.) 

899 *Mattie Brocklebank. 

900 *Jacob C. Wentworth. 

901 *Ephraim Weeks. 

902 tMargaret J. Smith. 



histokical list of members. 195 

Septembee 6, 1869. 

903 Anna Smith Cong. Church, Wellfleet, Mass. 

December 27, 1869. 

904 *Jeannette Gilman E. St. Church, South Boston. 

April 3, 1870. 

905 *Georgie A. Herrick. 

May 1, 1870. 

906 *George W. Plumley. 

907 Lucretia Plumley. 

908 Ellen Augusta Poole. 

909 t James Randall Graton. 

July 3, 1870. 

910 tSarah M. Boyd First Cong. Church, Castleton, Vt. 

(Mrs. Camp.) 

911 tFrancis Bachelder " Williston, Mass. 

912 tHattie Louise Bachelder " " 

913 *Melvina Crosby " Mattapoisett, Mass. 

914 Lorenna Crosby " " 

915 *Mary J. Stubbs. 

916 *Martha Good. 

November 6, 1870. 

917 Mrs. James Mallard Cong. Ch., St. John, Newfoundland. 

July 2, 1871. 

918 tDaniel W. Waldron Cong. Ch., East Weymouth, Mass. 

919 tMary A. Waldron 

920 *Enoch S. Hamilton First Cong. Ch., Truro, Mass. 

921 *Sarah L. Hamilton " " 

922 tEdmund T. Packard Old South Church, Boston. 

923 tMary A. Packard 

924 tMary P. Packard Cent. Cong. Ch., Chelsea, Mass. 

August 28, 1871. 

925 tHarriet Kaler First Church, Waldoboro, Me. 

926 tMary E. Kaler 

(Mrs. Phinney.) 

927 Mary F. Lovering Winthrop Church, Charlestown. 

928 Sarah L. Eichardson Union Church, East Boston. 

929 tSamuel H. Holbrook Cong. Church, Newport, Vt. 

October 30, 1871. 

930 Edward Johnson Hancock Cong. Church, Lexington, 

Mass. 

931 Barbara Johnson Hancock Cong. Church, Lexington, 

Mass. 

932 tSusan C. Litchfield Cong. Church, Northport, Mich. 

933 Julia A. Mitchell Plymouth Church, Portland, Me. 

934 *William Bushnell Park St. Church, Boston. 

935 * Juliette P. Bushnell " " 



196 historical list of members. 

May 15, 1872. 

936 tFrank N. Conant. 

937 tHarriet S. Warren. 

939 Louisa Smith Mt. Vernon Church, Boston. 

940 Francis Williams " " 

July 1, 1872. 

941 *Lucy Clay South Baptist Church, Boston. 

September 1, 1872. 

942 *Hannah Owens Calvanistic Ch., Cambria, Wis. 

October 28, 1872. 

943 George N. Copeland Pres. Ch., Titusville, K J. 

944 tAzro O. Perkins Christian Ch., Woodstock, Vt. 

945 fMrs. Clara W. L. Perkins, Cent. Bapt. Ch., Middleboro, Mass. 

946 Emma G. Fales. 

947 tMary L. Packard. 

948 Ida Page. (Mrs. Stark.) 

April 28, 1873. 

949 tGeorge D. Holt First Cong. Ch., Cleveland, Ohio. 

950 *Mrs. Sam. McWilliams Pres. Church, East Boston. 

951 *Margaret McKenna " " 

June 30, 1873. 

952 tLyman F. Gooch Park St. Ch., Hartford, Conn. 

953 *Charles E. Whittemore Phillips Ch., Watertown, Mass. 

954 *S. E. Whittemore " 

955 *Miss Ella G. Whittemore Phillips Ch., Watertown, Mass. 

956 *Elizabeth Hammatt Cong. Church, Bristol, R. I. 

September 1, 1873. 

957 tPev. J. V. Hilton Parker Evangelical Ch., X. Bridge- 

958 tOlive M. Hilton 1st Pres'b. Ch.,' Kalamazoo, Mich. 

959 *Joseph Carmichael Presb. Church, East Boston. 

960 *Jane Carmichael " " 

961 Mrs. Hannah E. Drinkwater, Cong. Ch., Wells, Me. 

October 27, 1873. 

962 *Mrs. J. Ella Fuller Cong. Ch., W. Deerfield, Mass. 

December 29, 1873. 

963 Mary E. Willoughby 1st Church, Lowell, Mass. 

February 23, 1874. 

964 *Alice B. Perry 1st Church, New Ipswich, N. H. 
9643^ t Nellie Ingraham. (Mrs. Stratton.) 

April 27, 1874. 

965 fPandall P. Bates 1st Cong. Church, Brewer, Me. 

966 tMartha A. Bates " " 

967 *Emma J. Miller. (Mrs. F. Brown.) 



historical, list of members. 197 

November, 1874. 

968 tStephen B. Wiley 1st Cong. Church, Wellfleet, Mass. 

969 tMrs. Melvina A. Wiley 

970 Timothy Bee. 

February 2.3, 1875. 

971 Charlotte Amelia Parker Evangelical Ch., Needham, Mass. 

June 26, 1875. 

972 tMrs. H. F. Willoughby 1st Cong. Chm-ch, Lowell, Mass. 

October 4, 1875. 

973 Mrs. Sarah H. Gregg Salem & Mariners Church, Boston. 

974 * James H. Kennedy " 

975 *Mary J. Kennedy " " " 
975a *A. D. Mansfield Camden, Maine. 

975b *Sophia F. Mansfield " 

January, 1876. 

976 tFlora Chisholm Union Cong. Ch., St. John, N. B. 

(Mrs. Geo. Holt.) 

977 tMary Caroline Oliver Madison Ave. Keformed, N. Y. 

978 *Armeda Gibbs Evangelical Union, East Boston. 

March 5, 1876. 

979 Benjamin P. Bates Union Presb., E. Boston, Mass. 

980 *Mrs. Benj. P. Bates " " 

981 William Hunter. 

982 t John T. Sellon. 

983 tHattie G. Sellon. 

984 t Alvira Adams. (Mrs. G. H. Atwood. ) 

985 Mrs. A. E. Ames. 

May 7, 1876. 

986 *Susan E. Armstrong Evan. Union Church, E. Boston. 

987 John Oakleaf 

988 Uereka Oakleaf 

989 Mary Jemison 

990 tHenry Worrall 

991 tAlice Worrall 

992 Clarissa Ingraham Cong. Church, Essex, Mass. 

993 *Arthur Stevens Gregory. 

994 George H. Varney. 

995 tMoses William Brown. 

996 Frederick H. Silck. 

997 Edwin W. Gray. 
9973^ Elmer Ellsworth Gray. 

998 Pauline A. Horther. 

999 Jane Walker. 

1000 Maggie J. Walker. (Mrs. Tuck.) 
lOOOj^tMary J. Eutherford. (Mrs. E. O'Brien.) 

1001 Priscilla Bates. (Mrs. John W. Field.) 

1002 *AnnM. Brown. 

1003 Emily M. Guild. 



198 historical list of members. 

July 2, 1876. 

1004 Frank E. Dimick Cong. Church, Mendon, N. H. 

1005 *Emma C. Fuller 1st " Truro, Mass. 

1006 tClarence Everett Corthell. 

1007 tAlbert Edward Corthell. 

1008 Frank W. Holmes. 

1009 John H. Tyrer. 

1010 Mrs. Josephine Hall. 

1011 Mrs. Xaomi Farrow. (Mrs. G-reenwood.) 

1012 Eleanor F. Fuller. 

1013 Mary Emma Fuller. 

1014 Abby Jane Webster. 

1015 Lizzie Gray Bell. (Mrs. Frank Bolster. ) 

1016 Emma Jane Eose. 

1017 *Xellie Josie Gallagher. 

1018 *Ella Maria Mansfield. 

1019 tMarietta Story. 

1020 tCarrie M. Locke. (Mrs. Eev. E. L. Bradford.) 

1021 tAnnie J. Locke. 

1022 tMaggie Frazier. 

1023 t Jane A. Harding. 

1024 tClara E. Fisher. 

1025 t Jennie Y. Hilton. (Mrs. Baker.) 
10253^tStella Hahn. (Mrs. Bennett.) 

1027 Annie Mead Davis. (Mrs. Edwin Grey. ) 

September 3, 1876. 
10273^ Eleanor Andrews. 

October 2, 1876. 

1028 Mrs. Ann H. Pierce North Church, Portsmouth, IST. H. 

January 3, 1877. 

1026 Wm. K. Ingraham. 

April 13, 1877. 

1029 Francis Holmes. 

1030 Elmer H. Allen. 

1031 Emma J. Niles. (Mrs. Hegner.) 

1032 Mrs. Annie N. Allen. (Mrs. Hitchcock.) 

1033 Mrs. Harriet Bates 2nd Cong. Church, Cohasset, Mass. 

1034 *Mrs. Sarah J, Gallagher Evan. Church, Gloucester, Mass. 

1035 Jacob Bussey. 

1036 Mrs. Jacob Bussey. 

1037 Miss Noyes Reformed Church, Albany, N. Y. 

July, 1877. 

1038 *Norwell Clark. 

1039 Sarah Clark. 

1040 tCarrie D. Pattee. 

1041 George I. Colesworthy. 

1042 Carrie Phillipson. (Mrs. Frank Clapp.) 

1043 tSarah Eliz. Maude Foltz. 

1044 t Adeline Ensworth. (Mrs. Goudge.) 

1045 Eugene A. Joselyn. 

1046 |Mrs. Eldora Murphy Meridian St. M. E. Ch., E. Boston. 

1047 tHelen M. DilUngback Cong. Church, Haverhill, Mass. 



historical list of membees. 199 

January 6, 1878. 

1048 Xathaniel Downs Cong. Church, Portland, Me. 

1049 *Mrs. Xathaniel Downs " " 

1050 Charles W. Hathaway Mystic Church, Medford, Mass. 
1050K Angeline W. Hathaway " " 

1051 *Mrs. Rebecca Cross Presb. Church, East Boston. 

1052 *Eliza Xoble. 

March 3, 1878. 

1053 tAlbert G. Donnell Church, Portland, Me. 

1054 JMary E. L. Donnell " " 

July 7, 1878. 

1055 tCharles Woodside. 

1056 Robert Bond. 

1057 Mary L. Graves Saratoga St. M. E. Ch., E. Boston. 

September, 1878. 

1058 jMr. John TTeston Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Duxbury, Mass. 

1059 tMrs. Silvia Weston " " 

1060 tMiss Isabella G. Weston " " 

November, 1878. 

1061 tMiss Minnie Phillipson. 

1062 George Carpenter Cong. Church, Cambridge, Mass. 

1063 tGeorge H. Atwood Winthrop Ch., Charlestown, Mass. 

January, 1879. 

1064 Albert G. Hedge Ch. of Pilgrims, Hartford, Conn. 

1065 Georgianna Hedge " " 

1066 Florence Edith Preble. (Mrs. Grant.) 

March, 1879. 

1067 Mary E. Harding M. E. Church, South Truro, Mass. 

May, 1879. 

1068 Daisy M. Smith. (Mrs. Atwood.) 

1069 M. Helen Burrows Salem & Mariners Church, Boston. 

1070 Emily E. Hawley Presb. Church, Memphis, Tenn. 

July, 1879. 

1071 tDaniel Baker. 

1072 tSusan S. Baker. 

1073 tMary T. Baker. (Mrs. Geo. Wilt.) 

1074 tMarion E. King. (Mrs. F. H. Parker.) 

1075 tAlbert King. 

1076 tMrs. Angeline S. King. By Letter. 

1077 Leonard G. Lansing. 

1078 Frank E. Ryder. 

September, 1879. 

1079 tMyrtie E. Smith. (Mrs. Wm. Burroughs.) 

1080 t William Burroughs. 

1081 Cummings. 

May 2, 1880. 

1082 Mary A. Hewett. 

1083 Hester A. Barnes Saratoga St. M. E. Ch., E. Boston. 



200 histokical list of members. 

October 24, 1880. 

1084 tKate Siebert. (Mrs. Helmboldt.) 

1085 t Carrie Wiegand. (Mrs. Merritt.) 

1086 t Annie Wiegand. (Mrs. Stalker.) 

1087 tMrs. Helen C. Sturtevant, 2nd Presb. Ch., Springfield, 111. 

1088 *Mrs. Mary Ann Lovejoy Salem & Mariners Church, Boston. 

1089 Mrs. Margaret S. Lovejoy " ." 

1090 Miss Mary I. Lovejoy " " 

1091 William B. Lovejoy " 

December 28, 1880. 

1092 tAlexander Alan Arthur. 

1093 William H. Dawes. 

1094 Mary Eaynor. 

1095 tRev. John H. Barrows Eliot Cong. Ch., Lawrence, Mass. 

1096 tMrs. Sarah E. Barrows " " " 

1097 E. Sewall Price Mt. Vernon Church. Boston. 

1098 *Harriet E. Price " " 

1099 tDana B. Gove :N'ew England " " 

1100 tSusan M. Gove 

1101 Alice Adams Free Baptist, Auburn, Me. 

1102 Mrs. Matilda C. Crooke Cong. Church, Bradford, Yt. 

March 6, 1881. 

1103 tDr. Theron Temple No. Cong. Church, Amherst, Mass. 

1104 tMrs. Theron Temple " " 

1105 tMrs. Rebecca Seger First " Swampscott, Ms. 

1106 Julia A. Holbrook " Newport, Vt. 

1107 Elizabeth E. Purcell. 

1108 Mary E. Hawthor. 

1109 tSadie T. Whitmarsh. 

1110 Janet F. Moir. 

1111 John L. Galland. 

1112 tTheron Walter Temple. 

1113 Alice M. Dickson. (Mrs. G. W. Watson.) 
ni4 Laura W. Harris. 

1115 Estella Young. (Mrs. Dockham.) 

1116 James H. Fuller. 

1117 Josiah C. Atwood. 

1118 James G. Moir. 

1119 t Caroline D. Holbrook. 

1120 tisabella McPherson. 

1121 tMary C. McDonald. 

1122 Charles A. King. 

March 6, 1881. 

1123 Robert H. Eraser. 

1124 Adelaide Butterfield. 

1125 Laura Graves. 
1125>^tMary A. Nute. (Mrs. Ransom.) 

1126 tNellie E. Dillenback. 

May 1, 1881. 

1127 tEzekiel Averill Cong. Ch., Everett, Mass. 

1128 tM. Josie Averill " " 



HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBEKS. 



201 



1129 
1130 
1131 
1132 
1133 
1134 
1135 
1136 



1137 
1138 
1139 



E. T. Packard 
Mary A. Packard 
Mary P. Packard 
*Mary Leadbetter 
tGeo. W. Averill. 
George H. Packard. 
Lizzie Scott, 
Lillian A. Fowle. 



Cong. Ch., Leominster, Mass. 
" Mt. Vernon- Mo. 



July 3, 1881. 



tFrederick Bates Lovejoy. 
Alfred Lyman Lovejoy. 
Charles Herbert Packard. 



November 6, 1881. 
1138a *Otis S. Merrick Lincoln Park Ch., Chicago, 111. 

1138b Fidelia D. Merrick " " " 



1140 Hattie C. Bates. 

1141 Hattie M. Bent. 

1142 Marion A. Elder. 

1143 Eugene A. Allen. 

1144 . tGeorge T. Witt. 

1145 Eunice Mossman. 

1146 tAdelaide L. Loveioy 

1147 tWilliam Rhodes 



January 7, 1883. 
(Mrs. Wm. Dawes.) 
Geo. Elliot.) 



(Mrs. 



Salem & Mariners' Ch., Boston. 
No. Cong. Ch., ISTewton, Mass. 



March 10, 1883. 



1148 tMrs. Mary Eccles 

1149 Charles F. M. Schwaar 

1150 Lena F. Schwaar 
11503^tMary Douglass. 



Evan. Church, Clinton, Mass. 
" Lutheran Church, Boston. 



1151 
1152 
1153 



1154 
1155 
1156 
1157 
1158 
1159 
1160 
1161 
1162 
1163 
1164 
1165 



Margaret J. Bailey. 
Lettie Eldredge Packard. 
*Mary Decker. (Mrs. Moore.) 

May 6, 1883 

Robert R. Smith. 

Henrietta F. Robbins. 
^Gertrude Leighton. 
tEmma P. Locke. 

R. R. Lorimer 

W. H. Lorimer 

Caroline Harvender 
t Josephine H. Dyer 

Mrs. Flora Smith 
*Mrs. Roxana Leighton 
tMrs. M. A. Davis 

Sally S. Rich 



Cumberland Presb. Ch., Lincoln, 111. 
Shawmut Cong. Ch., Boston. 
Cong. Ch., Provincetown, Mass. 

Wellfleet, 
1st Presb. Ch., East Boston. 



Cong. Ch. 



Rockland, Me. 
Provincetown, Mass. 



May 6, 1883. 

1166 tMrs. Lucretia F. Bunker 1st Cong. Ch., Nantucket, Mass. 

1167 tMiss Alice M. Bunker " " " 

1168 Mrs. Clementine McMichael, Meridian St. M.E. Ch., E. Boston. 

1169 Miss Minnie McMichael, " " 

(Mrs. Elmer H. Allen.) 



202 filSTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 

1170 Agnes E. Gove Kirk St. Cong. Ch., Lowell, Mass. 

1171 Sarah F. Tenney Cong. Ch., Flsherville, N. H. 

1172 Miss Elizabeth E. Drown, Union Cong. Ch., Providence, R. I, 

(Mrs. E. M. McPherson.) 

July 1, 1883. 

1173 Miss Josie Sargent Pearson, Central Sq. Bapt. Ch., E, Boston. 

1174 Miss Sarah E. Lovejov 1st Cong. Ch., Maiden. 

(Mrs. C. E. Ensworth.) 

1175 Mrs. Sarah J. Farnham IS". E. Cong. Ch., Boston. 

September 2, 1883. 

1176 Mrs. Ada Louise Sturtevant. (Mrs. Francis Todd.) 

1177 Miss Anna McLaughlin. 

1178 *Mrs. Xoble Cong. Ch., Birkenhead, England. 

XOVEMBER 4, 1883. 

1179 *Thomas J. Scollay. 

1180 Mrs. Thomas J. Scollay. 

1181 tEmery L. Bradford Union Ch., Weymouth & Braintree. 

January 6, 1884. 

1182 Sarah Eing. 

1183 tF. K. Mitchell. 

1184 tMrs. Bertha S. Mitchell. 

March 2, 1884. 

1185 Charles O. Holmes. 

1186 Mrs. Charles O. Holmes, 

1187 Mrs. Mary A. Fanning. 

1188 tMrs. Henrietta Bradley. 

May 2, 1884. 

1189 *Mrs. John Morrison. (Mrs. Chandler.) 

1190 tMrs. Ida A. Eeeves Union St. Cong. Ch., St. John, X.B. 

1191 Emma Knowles, 

1192 Caroline Xutter. 

1193 Bella A. Brackett. (Mrs. W. H. Ensworth.) 

1194 George Erickson. 

1195 tMrs. G. D. A. Erickson. 

1196 Howard Hammond. 
11963^*Mrs. Eliza J. Hammond. 

1197 tGeorge Bradley. 

July 6, 1884. 

1198 Mrs. Susan A. Eobinson. 

1199 Lilhan M. E. Mossman. 

1200 Lewis G. Stone First Baptist Ch., Charlestown. 

1201 tMrs. Eleanor A. Eestall Cong. Ch., Kingston-on-Thames, 

Surry, Eng. 

September 9, 1884. 

1202 tRev. J. E. Twitchell, D. D., Cong. Ch., Cleveland, Ohio. 

1203 tMrs. J. E. Twitchell 



historical list of members. 203 

November 2, 1884. 

1204 Mrs. Hiram Keyes Cong. Ch., Auburn, Me. 

1207 Mrs. Ella Robbins Meridian St. M. E. Ch., E. Boston. 

1205 Mrs. Julia A. Drew Berkeley St. Ch., Boston. 

1206 *Florissa Etta Adams. 

1208 t Alice Restall. (Mrs. Reddish.) 

1209 tMary A. Restall. 

1210 *Mrs. Wilhelmina Carl. 

January 6, 1885. 

1211 Edward Payson Rust. 

1212 Mrs. Fannie Rust. 
121.S tGeorge Barnes. 

1214 i'Mrs. Emma Barnes. 

1215 Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis. 

1216 *Mrs. Jane Gallagher. 

1217 *Mrs. Mary Hill. (Mrs. Misseur.) 

1218 *Mrs. Margaret Brown. 

1219 Mrs. Jane Starks. 

1220 tMrs. Elizabeth A. Stevenson. 

March 2, 1885. 

1221 Charles R. Ensworth. 

1222 William Bradley. 

1223 Mrs. Sophia M. Bradley. 

1224 IMary L. Rhodes. 

1225 *Amos T. Small Winthrop Ch., Holbrook, Mass. 

1226 Thomas Miller Parish New Abbey, Glasgow, 

Scotland. 

May 3, 1885. 
1226>^t James R. Goodwin Cong. Ch., Post Mills, Vt. 

1227 tMrs. Eleanor R. Goodwin " " " 

1228 *Edward Carl. ♦ 

September 6, 1885. 

1229 Mrs. Kate F. Brill. 

1230 tR. J. P. Goodwin Franklin St. Ch., Manchester, N. H. 

1231 tJosie L. H. Goodwin " " 

1232 Carrie J. Goodwin " " 

(Mrs. Geo. H. Walsh.) 

March 7, 1886. 

1233 Mrs. Nellie H. Stowers. 

1234 Mrs. Eliza Gallant Phillips Ch., South Boston. 

1235 Mrs. Catherine J. Cook. 

1236 Mrs. Christina McKennon. 

1237 Mrs. Mahala Dexter. 

April 30, 1886. 

1238 Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson. 
1238)^ Mrs. Olive Erickson. 

1239 Miss Henrietta M. Erickson. 

1240 Miss Eliza A. Gallant. 

1241 tRev. Elijah Horr, D. D. Meth. E. Conference. 

1242 tBessie W. Horr Walnut St. M. E. Ch., Chelsea. 



204 HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 

1243 tKittie P. Horr Walnut St. M. E. Ch., Chelsea. 

(Mrs. Fred. B. Love joy.) 

November 5, 1886. 

1261 Frank B. Myers. 
1261a tClara F. Johnson. 
1261b tLydia W. Johnson. 

1262 Alma McClinch. 

1263 Ella McClinch. 
12633^ Mary F. Bobbins. 
12653>| Jessie L. Adams. 

1264 J. J. Burrows. 

Feburary 25, 1887. 

1244 Ella S. Cochran Saratoga St. M. E. Ch., E. Boston. 

1245 Lillie L. Cochran " " 

1246 Clarence W. Wiley Cumberland St. Ch., Phil'a, Pa. 

1247 David McKay. 

1248 tGeorge Fred Sampson. 

1249 *Katie L. Barnes. 

1250 *Mary A. Cammack. 
12503^ Elizabeth Eowland. 

1251 Maria A. Werner. 

July 1, 1887. 

1252 Mabel Fredlina Wilkins. 

November 6. 1887 

1253 tEleanor Allen. 

1254 Edith F. Guild. 

1255 Abby F. Hosea. 

1256 Emma Smith. 

1257 Clara A. Goodwin. 

1258 *Jane Smith. 

1259 Francis J. Whilton Wesleyan M. E. Conference, Man- 

chester, Eng. 

1260 Fannie J. Whilton Wesleyan M. E. Conference, Man- 

chester, Eng. 

January 1, 1888. 

1265 Eugene Stubbs. (Mrs. Langell.) 

1266 Mattie Stubbs. (Mrs. McMillan.) 

1267 Jennie Holbrook. 

1268 F. G. Myer. 

March 11, 1888. 

1269 Joseph Bobbins. 

1270 t Caroline Louise Stone. 

1271 Mary Elizabeth Brown. 

1272 t Wendell H. Hull Central Sq. Baptist Ch., E. Boston. 

1273 t Jennie C. Hull Elm St. Cong. Ch., Camden, Me. 

May 6, 1888. 

1274 Winslow S. Pearson. 

1275 Jennie C. Lothrop. (Mrs. C. A. Walker.) 

1276 Bessie L. Josselyn. 

1277 Alice T. Alexander. 



HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 205 

1278 tCharles D. Demond. 

1279 Walter F. Adams. 

1280 Joseph F. Bissett. 

1281 Emily J. Bissett. 

1282 *Malvina A. Harding Cong. Ch.. Truro. Mass. 

1283 tNathan Parker "" Hampton, Iowa. 

1284 tMrs. Xathan Parker '' '' " 

1285 tMrs. Marion Baxter. 

1286 Ann Rowland. 

July 1, 1888. 

1287 Charles Edmund Knight. 

1288 Marr L. Morrison. 

1289 Adeila F. Ryder. 

1290 THoward Steward St. Paul's Ch., Truro. X. S. 

1291 tXettie Steward 

November 3. 1888. 

1292 Lillian S. Wilkins Cong. Ch.. Hillsborough. X. H. 

1293 M. E. L. Twiss ^•' Bedford. Mass. 

1294 Elizabeth Jordan. 

January 4. 1889. 

1295 Xellie M. Cook. 

March 3, 1889. 

1296 Maria L. Phillips. 

1297 tCatharine F. Smythe. 

1298 tMrs. Harriet Nelson Presb. Ch.. England. 

1299 Mrs. Samuel Colton Lucens Road Cong. Ch.. St. .John. 

X. B. 

1300 tEvelyn L. TThelpley So. Cong. Ch., Framingham. 

May 4, 1889. 

1301 Jennie M. Purchase. 

July 5. 1889. 

1302 Laura A. Child. 

1303 tArabella Beattie 1st Cong. Ch., Chelsea. Mass. 

September 1, 1889. 

1304 Alfred Chown. 

1305 Charlotte A. Chown. 

1306 Erskine A. Chown. 

November 3. 1889. 

1307 tHenrietta S. Stevenson. 

1308 Sarah Francis Carbee. 

1309 tWilliam G-ilmore Wash. St. M. E. Ch.. Brookline. Ms. 

1310 tRebecca Gilmore •• '' 

Jaxlary 7. 1890. 
1310>^Amelia Tarbox Presb. Ch.. Malone, Cape Breton. Can. 

1311 Harriet Tanner. 

1312 Helen Cairns. 

1313 Clara Finkenauer. 



206 historical list of members . 

March 2, 1890. 

1314 Wm. H. Stanley St. John's Ch., Stettarton. 

1315 *Betsey Stanley 

1316 Thomas Whiteford. 

1317 Jessie Whiteford. 

May 2, 1890. 

1318 Ann Jane Roberts Cong. Ch. Rendrof Kitten, Wales. 
1318)^ Mary Ann Damery Mt. Vernon Ch., Boston. 

1319 Joseph A. Damery " " 

N'OVEMBER 2, 1890. 

1320 Abigail E. James. 

1321 Mary Roberts. 

January 4, 1891. 

1322 Louisa H. Fogg North Av. Ch., Cambridge, Mass. 

1323 Annie Carbie. 

1324 Anna Barrett. 

1325 Nellie M. Taylor Economy Cong. Ch., Economy, N. S. 

(Mrs. Roach.) 

1326 L. Gertrude Plummer. 

1327 Harriet Edgerly Wakefield, Mass. 

1328 Alexander Whiteford. 

1329 Fred'k Wm. Whilton. 

March 1, 1891. 

1330 Charlotte A. Moore. 

1331 Sarah E. Pearson. 

1332 Grace P. Gilman Central Cong. Ch., Jamaica Plain. 

1333 Susie C. Bailey. 
1SSSJ4 John R. Bailey. 

1334 Susie E. Bailey. 

1335 Eliza J. Beardsley. 

1336 Charles S. Tarbox. 

1337 Minnie A. Maloney. 

1338 Ida M. Cowley. 

1339 Etta A. Reeves. 

1340 Enos G. Lambert. 

1341 William A. Ross. 

1342 Maggie A. Ross. 

1343 Hattie H. Coan. 

1344 Florence A. Greenwood. 

1345 Carrie E. Greenwood. 

1346 Annie H. Edgar. 

May 3, 1891. 

1347 Martha E. Lyons. 

1348 Thomas E. Lyons. 

1349 Gustav Erickson. 

1350 Ernest M. Cromwell. 

1351 Joseph T. Starks. 

1352 Anna G. Lund. 

1353 Rosabell Victoria Anderson. 

1354 L. Arthur Packard. 

1355 Alfred E. Packard. 



HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 207 

1356 Eva A. Guild. 

1357 Evelyn C. Dodge. (Mrs. X. E. Smith.) 

1358 Millie G-. Farwell. 

1359 Belle E. Dodge. 

1360 Leonora Edna Scolley. 

1361 Lawrence Stearns James. 

July, 1891. 

1362 Mary Cannon Farwell. 

1363 tMrs. Hannah Snape. 

November 1, 1891. 

1364 John Gilmore. 

1365 Annie J. Gilmore. 

January 3, 1892. 

1366 J. Willard Brown North A v. Cong. Ch., Cambridge. 

1367 Alice W. Brown " " 

1368 Ethel C. Brown " " 

1369 Fred'k W. Brown " " 

1370 Mrs. Olivia F. Clark. (Mrs. H. Middlehurst.) 

1371 Wm. McCormack, Jr. 

1372 tJohn Pearson Pillsbury New Hampshire M, E. Conf. 

March 6, 1892. 

1373 Minnie Irene Smith. 

1374 Harriet Liddle 1st Cong. Ch., Braintree, Mass. 

1375 Annie C. Carstensen. 

1376 Evelyn G. Cromwell. 

May 1, 1892. 

1377 Charlotte E. Lewis. 

1378 Elizabeth Tait Cong. Ch., Gloucester, Mass. 

September 4, 1892. 

1379 tAda H. Pillsbury Main St. M. E. Ch., Nashua, N. H. 

November 7, 1892. 

1380 Grace Corliss Lambert 1st Cong. Ch,, Yarmouth, Me. 

1381 Alice A. Low Plymouth Ch., Framingham, Mass. 

January 1, 1893. 

1382 Abbie F. Eraser Cong. Ch., E. Poland, Me. 

March 5, 1893. 

1383 Minnie G. Wooley Presb. Ch., Clinton, N. J. 

1384 Mary Bond. 

1385 Grace E, Thompson. 

1386 Carrie Ella Barnes. 

1387 Catherine Cowin. 

1388 Bessie A. Main. 

1389 Silas K. Main. 

May 7, 1893. 

1390 Sarah A. Hardy Cong. Ch., Melrose H'lds., Mass. 
1393 Jane French Macfarland " " " 

1395 Charles S. Macfarland 

1396 James N. Hardy " *' " 



208 HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 

1391 Harriet A. Way. 

1392 Linda M. Bartley. 
1394 William W. Whiteford. 





June 25, 1893. 


1397 


Cassie E. Home. 


1398 


Augusta M. Hoist. 


1399 


Mary N. Dwelley. 


1400 


S. Maud Edgar. 


1401 


Jennie Haines. 


1402 


Wm. J. Haines. 


1403 


Florence A. Dunn. 


1404 


Elizabeth Ivester. 


1405 


Bertha M. Heck. 


1406 


Christine A. Callahan. 


1407 


Estelle M. Callahan. 


1408 


Nellie M. Simpson. 




November 5, 1893. 


1409 


Andrew A. Forshner. 


1410 


Edith Forshner. 


1411 


Inez Blanche Perkins. 


1412 


Henry Oxner M. E. Church, Broad Cove, N. S. 


1413 


Cecelia Oxner " " " 




January 7, 1894. 


1414 


Nancy C. Brown. 


1415 


Rev. Smith Baker, D.D., Park Av. Cong. Ch., Minneapolis, 




Minn 


1416 


Isabella Baker 


1417 


Cassie Chambers " " 




March 4, 1894. 


1418 


Robert Ivester. 


1419 


Robert Hamilton. 


1420 


Frederick Larsen. 


1421 


Ellie Larsen. 


1422 


Jane Callahan. 


1423 


James A. Cochran 1st Free Baptist Ch., Boston. 


1424 


Charles A. Clark Cong. Ch., Peacham, Yt. 


1425 


Bernice F. Brown. 


1426 


James W. Home. 


1427 


Alvin E. Home. 


1428 


Bertha A. Preble. 


1429 


Allen B. Preble. 


1430 


Clara M. Goodwin. 


1431 


Edna L. Hardy. 




May 6, 1894. 


1432 


Janet Baird. 


1433 


Thomas Johnson. 


1434 


Sophia F. Johnson. 


1435 


William F. Johnson. 


1436 


Charlotte Moberg. 


1437 


William F. Slade. 


1438 


Jennie Wescott. 



HISTORICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 



209 



1439 
1440 
1441 
1442 
1443 



Helen C. Gillette 
M. J. Riley 
Warren F. Low 
Robert White 
Hilda E. Xilson. 



1444 Ralph F. Jackson 



1st Cong. Ch., Colchester, Conn. 
Meridian St. M. E. Ch., E. Boston. 
Saratoga St. " " 

1st Cong. Ch., Dedham, Mass. 

Central Cong. Ch.. Bath, Me. 



Summary of Admissions of Members to, and Remov- 
als FROM THE Church, from its organization May 31, 1836, 
to June 30, 1894. 

ADMISSIONS. 









BY 


BY 


TOTAL. 


TOTAL 






DATE. 




LETTER. 


PROFESS. 












0) 

1 


1 


J 

1 


i 


1 






May 31, 


'36 to Dec. 31, 


'87 


195 


422 


208 


459 


403 


881 


1284 








'^i^ 


3 


6 


7 


14 


10 


20 


30 


1314 






'89 


1 


5 


2 


8 


3 


13 


16 


1330 






'90 


2 


4 


I 


6 


3 


10 


13 


1343 






'91 


2 


4 


12 


27 


14 


31 


45 


1388 






^92 


3 


7 


I 


5 


4 


12 


16 


1404 






'93 


3 


5 


4 


20 


7 


25 


32 


1436 




June 30, 


'94r 


6 


4 


9 


12 


15 


16 


31 


1467 



REMOVALS. 









DISMIS'D 


DEATHS. 


EX. 


TOTAL. 


J 

< 








^" 


1 i 




i 




^" 






DATE. 






IS 

1 


Males. 
Femal 


01 

Is 


g 


OJ 




^ 




May3i, 


■36 to Dec 


•31/87 


180 


345 


84 


184 


II 


7 


275 


.S36 


811 








'88 


4 


6 





4 








4 


10 


14 


825 






' '89 


2 


8 


I 


3 








3 


II 


14 


839 






' '90 


3 


II 





I 








3 


12 


15 


854 






' ^91 


3 


II 


3 


3 








6 


14 


20 


874 






' '92 


3 


6 


2 


I 








5 


7 


12 


886 






' '93 


2 


13 


I 


7 








3 


20 


23 


909 




June 


30, '94 


3 


4 


3 


5 








6 


9 


15] 


924 



Total number of admissions from May 31, 1836 to 
June 30, 1894: 

Males, - - . 429 

Females, - - 1008 



Total number of removals in same period: 
Males, 
Females, 



Membership June 30, 1894; 

Males, 
Females, 



305 
619 



154 
389 



1467 



924 
543 



WITH THEIR RESIDENCES. 



737 Adams, Emma. 
744 Adams, Alexander C. 
881 Adams, Emma M. (Mrs. Brown) 
1101 Adams, Alice 
1279 Adams, Walter F. 
795 Adams, Meivina A. F. 
12653^Adams, Jessie L. - - 

449 Alexander, Hannah. 

Alexander, Alice T.- 
Allen, Eugene G.- 
Allen, Mrs. Annie N. (Mrs. Hitchcock.) 

Allen, Elmer H.- 
Allen, Abby 

Allen, Lucy A. 

Ames, Mrs. A. E.- 
Anderson, Lydia. 

Anderson, George E. 
1027j^Andrews, Eleanor 
1238 Anderson, Mrs. Elizabeth 

Anderson, Eosabell Victoria 

Atwood, Josiah C. 

Auld, Algernon S. 

Averill, Edward S. 

Bailey, Paul, Jr. 

Bailey, Henry 

Bailey, Elizabeth 

Bailey, Hannah C. 

Bailey, Helen. 

Bailey, Joseph M. 

Bailey, Susie C. - 
133334Bailey, John K. 
1334 "Bailey, Susie E. - 

Bailey, Margaret J. 

Baird, Jeannette 

Baker, Rev. Smith, D. D. 

Baker, Isabella 

Balge, Louisa. (Mrs. Miller.) 

Banks, Helen A. 

Barrett, Anna 

Barnes, Carrie Ella 

Barnes, Hester A. 

Bartley, Linda M. 

Bates, Benjamin P. 



1277 

1143 

1032 

1030 

442 

768 

985 

731 

742 



1353 
1117 
879 
674 
266 
535 
536 
695 
730 
800 
1333 



1151 

1432 

1415 

1416 

630 

462 

1324 

1386 

1083 

1392 

979 



131 Main St., Waltham. 

66 Saratoga st. 

- 297 Meridian st. 



6Q Saratoga st. 
689 Shawmut av. 



30 Princeton st. 
31 Lexington st. 

205 Webster st. 



126 Trenton st. 



Beach st., Revere. 

Holton St., W. Medford. 

236 Princeton st. 

187 Lexington st. 
12 Concord sq. 

_ <4 a 

Maiden. 



Everett. 



Maiden. 

219 Maverick st. 

57 Trenton st. 

- *' " 

233 Garden st., Hoboken, N. J. 

Saugus Centre. 

31 Bennington st. 

53 Eutaw St. 

58 Princeton st. 

176 Princeton st. 



212 



PRESENT MEMBEESHIP. 



Bates, Priscilla (Mrs. John W. Field,) 

Mt. Vernon st., W. Eoxbury. 

129 Lexington st. 

Dedham. 

Everett. 



1001 

1033 Bates, Mrs. Harriet 

1140 Bates, Hattie C. (Mrs. Wm. Dawes) 
1335 Beards] ey, Eliza J. 

970 Bee, Timothy. 

1015 Bell, Lizzie Gray (Mrs. Frank Bolster) 

1141 Bent, Hattie M. (Mrs. Geo. Elliot) - 
605 Bird, Sarah H. 

1280 Bissett, Joseph F. 

1281 Bissett, Emily J. 
1056 Bond, Robert. 
1384 Bond, Mary 

283 Boss, Mary D. 

801 Boutelle, Clara S. 

764 Boutelle, Lydia H. 

82 Bowker, Albert - - - 

660 Bowker, Sarah F. (Mrs. Sidney N. Moon) 

683 Bowker, Mary F. - 

1193 Brackett, Belle (Mrs. Wm. H. Ens worth) 

1222 Bradley, William - - - 

1223 Bradley, Sophia M. 
848 Bradford, Catharine E. 

379 Bragdon, Mary E. (Mrs. Paul Bailey, Jr.) 

1229 Brill, Kate F. - - - 

311 Brooks, Lucy (Mrs. Philander Nutter) 

508 Brown, Mary A. (Mrs. Carr.) 

863 Brown, Moses P. 

864 Brown, Annie E. - 

1366 Brown, J. Willard 

1367 Brown, Alice W. - 

1368 Brown, Ethel C. 

1369 Brown, Frederick W. 
1425 Brown, Bernice F. 
1271 Brown, Mary Elizabeth. 

1414 Brown, Nancy C. - - 

193 Burbank, Mary P. 

618 Burbank, Jennie. 

577 Burg, Mary E. (Mrs. John A. Macfield) 

1264 Burrows, J. J. - 

1069 Burrows, M. Helen 

1035 Bussey, Jacob. 

1036 Bussey, Mrs. Jacob. 
1124 Butterfield, Adelaide 

9 Butler, Benjamin F. 

896 Butler, Elizabeth F. 

1312 Cairns, Helen - 

1406 Callahan, Christine A. 

1407 Callahan, Estelle M. 
1422 Callahan, Jane 
1308 Carbee, Sarah Frances 
1323 Carbee, Annie - 
1375 Carstensen, Annie C. 
1062 Carpenter, George. 

844 Carver, Sarah E. 



Roslindale. 

Chelsea. 

Maplewood. 



Jamaica Plain. 



175 Webster st. 



7 Chelsea st. 
212 E. Eagle st. 

Roslindale. 

187 Lexington st. 

150 Everett st. 

181 Princeton st. 

176 Webster st. 

(' .a 

108 White st. 



- 237 Lexington st. 



222 Webster st. 

Cor. Breed & Leyden sts. 

167 Lexington st. 



9 Nichols St., Lynn. 
26 Princeton st. 

110 Chelsea st. 
624 Saratoga st. 



41 White St. 

.48 White st. 

Joy St. 



PRESENT MEMBEKSHIP. 



213 



1417 

390 

1802 

1304 

1305 

1306 

1039 

1370 

1424 

1244 

1245 

1423 

757 

1041 

813 

688 

1235 

1295 

886 

1343 

480 

359 

943 

1299 

850 

389 

894 

1387 

1338 

521 

1376 

1350 

330 

1102 

914 

1081 

372 

484 

709 

1319 



Chambers, Cassie 
Cheney, William J. 
Child, Laura A. 
Chown, Alfred 
Chown, Charlotte A. 
Chown, Erskine A. 
Clark, Mrs. Sarah. 
Clark, Mrs. Olivia F. 
Clark, Charles A. - 
Cochran, Ella S. 
Cochran, Lillie L. 
Cochran, James A. 
Colby, Almira K. 
Colesworthy, George I. 
Collamore, Virginia D., 
Cook, Sarah Ann (Mrs. 
Cook, Catharine J.- 
Cook, Nellie M. 

Cook, Mary F. F. (Mrs. Ryder) - 
Coan, Hattie H. - 
Conant, Samuel E. 
Converse, Ferdinand A. W. 
Copeland, George W. - 
Cotton, Mrs. Samuel 
Corthell, Frederick H. 

Cottle, Philamelia J. (Mrs. Milford J. Cole. ) 
Cotts, Julia E. 

Cowin, Catharine _ _ _ 

Cowley, Ida M. - 

Crafts, Hannah F. - - - 

Cromwell, Evelyn G. - - 

Cromwell, Ernest M.- 
Crosby, Mary F. (Mrs. Soule. ) 
Crook, Matilda C. 
Crosby, Lorenna. 
Cummings, 



57 Trenton st. 

W. Medford. 

225 Lexington st. 

Byron st. 



(Mrs. H. Middlehurst.) Natick. 

46 Princeton st. 

- 171 Lexington st. 



41 Chestnut St., Everett. 

99 Lexington st. 

Hotel Sandford, Washington st. 

Bennett), Nyack-on-Hudson, IS'.T. 

210 E. Eagle st. 

602 Bennington st. 

181 Princeton st. 

68 Webster st. 



Middleboro. 
Everett. 



20 Princeton st. 

305 Sumner st. 

131 Webster st. 
- 86 Eutaw St. 



Crescent st.. Maiden. 



Curtis, Almira J.- 
Curtis, Louisa (Mrs. D. Y. Kendall) 
Curtice, Mary . _ . 

Damery, Joseph A. - 

13183^amery, Mary Ann 
590 Darling, Mrs. M. D. 

1027 Davis, Annie M^ade (Mrs. Edwin Gray.) 

569 Davis, Duncan. 

570 Davis, Agnes. 
658 Davis, Annie G. 

1093 Dawes, William H. - 

492 Dawes, Lyman S. 

365 Demond, Martha E. S. - 

292 Delano, Emma L. - 
1237 Dexter, Mahala 

852 Dexter, Nelson S. 

1113 Dickson, Alice M. (Mrs. G. W. Watson) 
1004 Dimick, Frank E. - 

105 Ditson, Martha - 18 Albion st 



133 St. Botolph St. 

- Medford. 

Allston. 

1 Louisiana pi. 



Dedham. 

166 Webster st. 

455 Meridian st. 

330 Bennington st. 



225 Lexington st. 
, Lawrence, Mass. 



214 PRESENT MEMBERSHIP. 

1359 Dodge, Belle E. - - - 71 Lexington st. 

1357 Dodge, Evelyn C. (Mrs. N. E. Smith) 94 Lexington st. 
1048 Downs, Nathaniel. 

331 Duncan, John M. - - 69 W. 49th st., New York City. 

1403 Dunn, Florence A. - - - 687 Saratoga st. 

1205 Drew, Mrs. Julia A. - - 315 Saratoga st. 

961 Drinkwater, Hannah E. - - 151 Webster st. 

1172 Drown, Elizabeth R. (Mrs. E. M. McPherson), 171 Trenton st. 

1399 Dwell ey, Mary N. - - - 534 Saratoga st. 
1327 Edgerly, Harriet - - - 134 Trenton st. 
1346 Edgar, Annie H. - - 602 Bennington st. 

1400 Edgar, S. Maud - - - " " 
1142 Elder, Marion A. - - - 12 Falcon st. 

702 Ensworth, Hannah - - - 7 Chelsea st. 

1221 Ensworth, Charles R. - - - " " 

12383^Erickson, Mrs. Olive - - 79 Webster st. 

1239 Erickson, Mrs. Henrietta M. - - " " 
1349 Erickson, Gustav - - - " " 
1194 Erickson, George . _ _ 145 Princeton st. 

467 Essen, Elizabeth (Mrs. Fuller) (Mrs. Dillingham), 

295 Meridian st. 

172 Fales, Caroline L. - - - 48 Maverick sq. 

306 Fales, Mary E. 

946 Fales, Emma G. - - - " 

1187 Fanning, Mrs. Mary A. - - - Somerville. 

1175 Farnham, Sarah J. - - - 238 Princeton st. 

1011 Farrow, Naomi _ _ _ Boston Highlands. 
1362 Farwell, Mary Cannon - - - 39 Monmouth st. 

1358 Farwell, Millie G. - - - " 

447 Field, Lorenna W. - - - 46 Princeton st. 

1313 Finkenauer, Clara - - - 493 Saratoga st. 

539 Fitch, Ellen E. - - Magnolia St., Maiden. 

562 Fitch, Amelia P. (Mrs. Randall) - " " 

516 Flynn, Esther - - - - 77 Trenton st. 

1322 Fogg, Louisa H. - - - 155 Webster st. 

183 Folsom, Martha. 

1410 Forshner, Edith - - - 208 Saratoga st. 

1409 Forshner, Andrew A. - - - " " 

224 Foster, Maryline (Mrs. Palmer), In Paris, will not return. 

610 Foster, Margaret. 

1136 Fowle, Lillian A. - - - 82 Princeton st. 

1123 Eraser, Robert H. - - 95 Ashmont st., Dorchester. 

1382 Fraser, Abbie F. _ . - 315 Meridian st. 

474 Frost, George H. 

1012 Fuller, Eleanor F. - - 76 Flint St., Somerville. 

1013 Fuller, Mary Emma - - " " 
1116 Fuller, James H. - " " 
1111 Gallend, John L. 

1240 Gallant, Eliza A. 
1234 Gallant, Mrs. Eliza. 

788 Giles, Jennie (Mrs. Reynolds) - - 6 Porter st. 

1439 Gillette, Helen C. - - - 270 Princeton st. 

799 Gilman, Edwin C. - - - 89 State st. 

1332 Gilman, Grace P. - - - 74 Trenton st. 

1365 Gilmore, Annie J. - - Falcon, cor. Prescott st. 



PRESENT MEMBERSHIP. 



215 



Falcon, cor. Prescott st. 
331 Bennington st. 



1364 Gilmore, John. 

1257 Goodwin, Mrs. Clara A. - 

1430 Goodwin, Clara M. - 

1232 Goodwin, Carrie J. (Mrs. Geo. H. Walsh) - Maiden, 

1170 Gove, Mrs. Agnes E. (Mrs. Jesse) - 263 Lexington st, 

1125 Graves, Laura. . . _ Eoslindale, 

1057 Graves, Mrs. Mary L. - - - Eoslindale, 

997 Gray, Edwin E. - - 73 Putnam st., Woburn, 



9973^Gray, Elmer Ellsworth 
760 Gray, Weston, - 

1344 Greenwood, Florence A. 

1345 Greenwood, Carrie E. 

591 Gregory, Daniel A. - 

592 Gregory, Martha A. 
1356 Guild, Eva A. 
1254 Guild, Edith F. - 
1003 Guild, Emily M. 

973 Gregg, Mrs. Sarah H. 
646 Hahn, Sarah Grace - 
1402 Haines, William J. 
1401 Haines, Jennie 
294 Hall, Elizabeth L. (Mrs. Abbott.) 
385 Hall, Marcia I. (Mrs. Emery) 
495 Hall, Elizabeth T. 
510 Halse, Jane. 
426 Hall, Winslow. 
454 Haley, Phoebe G. 
1010 Hall, Josephine. 
665 Ham, John B. 
1196 Hammond, Howard 
1419 Hamilton, Robert - 
1067 Harding, Mary E. 
1114 Harris, Laura W. - 
1396 Hardy, James N. 
1390 Hardy, Sarah A. 
1431 Hardy, Edna L. 
1050 Hathaway, Charles W. 
10503^Hathaway, Angeline W. 
1160 Harvender, Caroline 
Horthor, Mary E. 
Hawley, Emily E. - 
Heal, Samuel W. 
Heck, Bertha M. 
Hedge, Albert G. 
Hedge, Georgiana 
Hegan, Isabella (Mrs. Blair) 
Hewitt, Mary A. 
Hight, Jane M. (Mrs. Phinney) 
Hinckley, James N. 



55 



Monmouth st. 
Wesley pi. 
67 Marion st. 



1168 

1070 

363 

1405 

1064 

1065 

289 

1082 

459 

413 

532 

1106 

1267 

756 

1008 

1029 



29 Monmouth st. 
169 Princeton st. 



107 Marion st. 
Wordsworth st. 

- Salem. 

Marshfield, Mass. 

66 Trenton st. 



103 Meridian st. 

355 Chelsea st. 

26 Trenton st. 

165 Maple st., Maiden. 

270 Princeton st. 

Park Eow, Wood Island. 



Sagamore av., Chelsea. 

34 Havre st. 

234 Meridian st. 

Coleridge st. 
Jamaica Plain. 



Hoffses, Samuel 
Holbrook, Julia A. - 
Holbrook, Jennie 
Holmes, Margaret. 
Holmes, Frank W. 
Holmes, Francis 



Havre st. 
Pine St., Portland, Me. 

120 Washington av., Chelsea. 
301 Saratoga st. 



313 Saratoga st. 



216 



PRESENT MEMBERSHIP. 



1185 


Holmes, Charles 0. 






1186 


Holmes, Mrs. Charles 0. 






1398 


Hoist, Augusta M. 


1 Union pi 


, cor. Princeton st. 


1426 


Home, James W. - 


_ 


107 Brooks st. 


1397 


Home, Cassie E. 


_ 


(( (( 


998 


Horthor, Pauline A. 


_ 


34 Havre st. 


1427 


Home, Alvin E. 


- 


107 Brooks st. 


1255 


Hosea, Abby F. 


- 


681 Saratoga st. 


981 


Hunter, William 


- 


242 Princeton st. 


325 


Huse, Nancy S. 


_ 


Providence, R. I. 


888 


Huse, Mary E. (Mrs. Brandon) 


- 


- Attleboro, Mass. 


992 


Ingraham, Clarissa 


- 


Winthrop. 


1026 


Ingraham, William K. 


- 


u 


891 


Inman, William K. - 


_ 


Hampton, N. H. 


1418 


Ivester, Robert - 


_ 


6 Union pi. 


1404 


Ivester, Elisabeth 


_ 


" " 


1444 


Jackson, Ralph F. 


_ 


159 Princeton st 


332 


James, George E. 


- 


157 Princeton st 


338 


James, Mary E.- 


- 


u u 


877 


James, Harrison W. - 


101 Hig 


hland st. , Roxbury. 


1320 


James, Abigail E. 


. 


157 Princeton st. 


1361 


James, Lawrence Stearns 


_ 


a a 


989 


Jemison, Mary 


- 


- 331 Saratoga st. 


1435 


Johnson, William F. 


- 


74 London st. 


1434 


Johnson, Sophia F. 


_ 


_ a i( 


1433 


Johnson, Thomas 


_ 


a i( 


931 


Johnson, Barbara 


- 


33 Cottage st. 


930 


Johnson, Edward 


_ 


(( a 


1045 


Josslyn, Eugene A. 






1276 


Josslyn, Bessie L.- 


_ 


Meridian st. 


1294 


Jordan, Elizabeth 


_ 


- 456 Meridian st. 


639 


Kelly, Annie 






638 


Kelly, Jane. 






1204 


Keyes, Mrs. Hiram 


Gonto ct., off Orleans st 


1122 


King, Charles A. 


. 


Maplewood 


1191 


Knowles, Emma 


_ 


26 Princeton st 


1287 


Knight, Charles Edward - 


_ 


111 Princeton st 


1380 


Lambert, Grace Corliss 


. 


122 London st. 


1340 


Lambert, Enos G. 


_ 


" " 


7 


Lamson, Sarah (Mrs. Albert Bowker), 


173 Webster st 


1077 


Lansing, Leonard. 






1420 


Larson, Frederick 


- 


284 Princeton st. 


1421 


Larson, Ellie 


_ 


(( (< 


393 


Lawrence, Hannah P. 


31 Catawba st., Roxbury 


609 


Leatherland, Sarah. 






649 


Lee, Luther. 






1215 


Lewis, Mary Ann 


- 


Brookline, Mass 


1377 


Lewis, Charlotte E. - 


- 


76 Trenton st 


1374 


Liddle, Harriet 


_ 


r 50 Putnam st 


721 


Littlefield, Susan E. - 


- 


34 Princeton st. 


1159 


Lorimer, W. H. 






1158 


Lorimer, R. R. 






753 


Lothrop, Sarah 


- 


123 Princeton st. 


752 


Lothrop, Isaac N. - 


- 


(( <( 


856 


Lothrop, Sarah F. (Mrs. Geo. I, 


Colesworthy), 99 Lexington st. 



PRESENT MEMBEESHIP. 



217 



1275 Lothrop, Jennie C. (Mrs. C. A. Walker), 

927 Lovering, Mary F. - - - 

310 Lovejoy, Harriet A. (Mrs. Samuel Hall,) 

363 Elm St. 

1089 Lovejoy, Margaret S. - - 
1091 Lovejoy, William B. - 

1090 Lovejoy, Mary I. - 

1138 Lovejoy, Alfred Lyman - - - 

1174 Lovejoy, Sarah Emma (Mrs. C. R. Ensworth,) 

1441 Low, Warren F. 

1381 Low, Alice A. or Mrs. C. E. Low 

1352 Lund, Anna G. - - - 

878 Lunt, Mary S. (Mrs. Anderson) 

1348 Lyons, Thomas E. - - - 

1347 Lyons, Martha E. - 

1395 Macfarland, Charles S. - 

1393 Macfarland, Jane French 

1388 Main, Bessie A. 

1389 Main, Silas K. - - - 
1337 Maloney, Minnie A. 

917 Mallard, Mrs. James. 

868 Meader, Judith P. (Mrs. F. E. Dimick), 

770 Mellen. William. 

129 Merrill, Flora G. (Mrs. Gilbert E. Pierce,) 
1139>^Merrick, Fidelia D. - 

613 Messer, Clara C. 

375 McClerty, Jane. 

1262 McClench, Alma 

1263 McClench, Ella - 
1371 McCormack, William, Jr. 

608 Mcintosh, Ann M. 

1247 McKav, David 

594 McKie, Harriet. 

1236 McKinnon, Mrs. Christina 

1177 McLaughlin, Anna. 

1168 McMichael, Mrs. Clementine 

1169 McMichael, Minnie (Mrs. E. H. Allen.) 
789 Miller, Augusta H. (Mrs. Wolff.) 

1226 Miller, Thomas - Maverick st. 

933 Mitchell, Julia A. 

1436 Moberg, Charlotte - 

1118 Moir, James G. - 

1110 Moir, Janet F. - - - 

1330 Moore, Charlotte A. 

455 Morrill, Helen M. (Mrs. W. H. Flint) 

1288 Morrison, Mary L. - 

1145 Mosman, Mrs. Eunice 

1199 Mosman, Lillian M. E. 

746 Murphy, Grace (Mrs. Wood) 

629 Murphy, Margaret J. (Mrs. Smith) 

296 Muir, Barbara P. 

1261 Myers, Frank B. - - 

1268 Myer, F. G. 

1031 Niles, Emma J. (Mrs. J. E. Hegner) - 

1443 Mlson, Hilda E. 



Taunton, Mass. 
63 Chandler st. 

, W. Somerville. 
155 Webster st. 



7 Chelsea st. 

Holbrook, Mass. 

- m Falcon st. 

90 Morris st. 

221 Webster st. 

276 Princeton st. 



- 270 Princeton st. 

184 Lexington st. 

143 Trenton st. 

225 Lexington st. 

28 Bremen st. 
1 Princeton st. 



314 Meridian st. 

Harborview. 

29 Decatur st. 

217 E. Eagle st. 



30 Princeton st. 

(( (( 

4 Coolidge st. 
near Jeffries Point. 

- 103 Meridian st. 
81 Princeton st. 

- 130 Meridian st. 
38 Princeton st. 

99 Trenton st. 

- 65 Pembroke st. 
Jamaica Plain. 

- 359 Meridian st. 

56 Marion st. 
- Dorchester. 

185 Webster st. 

- 23 Eutaw St. 
77 London st. 



218 



PRESENT MEMBEKSHIP. 



1037 


Noyes, Miss. 




272 


Noyes, Dorothy. 




1192 


Nutter, Caroline - - _ 181 Princeton st. 


987 


Oakleaf, John - . ~ ^ 


341 Chelsea st. 


988 


Oakleaf, Uereka 


(( u 


489 


Osgood, John H. 




490 


Osgood, Catharine H, 




1412 


Oxner, Henry 


19 Moore st. 


1413 


Oxner, Cecilia _ . _ _ 


u a 


1139 


Packard, Charles Herbert - - 133 Princeton st. 


1355 


Packard, Alfred E. 


I n 


1354 


Packard, L. Arthur - . _ 


i ii 


1152 


Packard, Lettie Eldridge 


I a 


1131 


Packard, Mary P.- 


i (( 


1180 


Packard, Mary A. - - 


( (( 


1129 


Packard, E, T. 


( (( 


1134 


Packard, George H. - - 


( u 


948 


Page, Ida (Mrs. Stark), 131 Baldwin st. 


Newark, N.J. 


971 


Parker, Charlotte Amelia - - - 


110 Marion st. 


100 


Parker, Angelina D. 




101 


Parker, J. Brooks. 




1331 


Pearson, Sarah E.- 


99 Trenton st. 


672 


Pearson, J. Hiram S. - - 401 Meridian st. 


1173 


Pearson, Josie Sargent 


U <( 


1274 


Pearson, Winslow S. - - 167 Princeton st. 


1411 


Perkins, Inez Blanche 


4 Winthrop st. 


871 


Perkins, Annie E, _ _ _ 


a u 


552 


Perrigo, Sarah B. 




1042 


Phillipson, Carrie (Mrs. Frank Clapp) 


Braintree. 


1296 


Phillips, Maria L.- 


31 Chelsea st. 


874 


Pickett, Alice E. (Mrs. Harry Converse) 


Albany, N.Y. 


1028 


Pierce, Mrs. Ann H. 




643 


Pigeon, Sarah E. (Mrs. Delano) 


14 Paris st. 


589 


Pillsbury, Elenette - 


Maverick sq. 


907 


Plumley, Lucretia _ _ _ 


133 Putnam st. 


1326 


Plummer, L. Gertrude 


91 Putnam st. 


908 


Poole, Ellen Augusta 


69 Havre st. 


710 


Preble, Frank F. - - Trenton st., 


Melrose, Mass. 


693 


Preble, Andrew J. 




1428 


Preble, Bertha A. - - 579 Saratoga st. 


1066 


Preble, Florence Edith (Mrs. Grant) 


Melrose. 


736 


Preble, Sophronia - - Trenton St., Melrose. 


1429 


Preble, Allen B. - - - 679 Saratoga st. 


1097 


Price, E. Sewall - - - 234 Meridian st. 


1107 


Purcell, Elizabeth E. - - • 


76 Webster st. 


1301 


Purchase, Jennie M. - 


67 Saratoga st. 


1094 


Raynor, Mary. 




384 


Reed, Mary M. 




1339 


Reeves, Etta A. 


49 Lamson st. 


769 


Reynolds, Emma L. - - - 


56 Trenton st. 


549 


Rice, Susan W. 




1165 


Rich, Sally S. _ . - 16 Princeton st. 


928 


Richardson, Sarah L. - - 489 Saratoga st. 


1440 


Riley, M. J. 




1182 


Ring, Sarah. - - Trull st., Dorchester. 



PRESENT MEMBERSHIP. 



219 



659 Robbins, Clara 
525 Robbins, Ellen M. 

705 Robbins, Margaret E. 

706 Robbins, Josepb W. 
1155 Robbins, Henrietta F. 
1263KRobbins, Mary F. 
1269 ^Robbins, Joseph - 
1207 Robbins, Mrs. Ella 

815 Robinson, Elizabetb A 
1321 Roberts, Mary, 
1318 Roberts, Ann Jane 

1341 Ross, William A. 

1342 Ross, Maggie A. 
1016 Rose, Emma Jane. 
1286 Rowland, Ann. 
12503^Rowland, Elizabeth 



627 

1211 

1212 

1078 

759 

1289 

1180 

1135 

1150 

1149 

1360 

853 

854 

755 

996 

1408 

502 

1437 

47 

611 

715 

903 

939 

1068 

1154 

1162 

1256 

1373 

830 

831 

1351 

1219 

1314 

827 

437 

808 

1200 

1233 

1265 



Russell, Anna Parker. 

Rust, Edward Payson 

Rust, Fannie _ _ _ 

Rvder, Frank 

Rvder, Eliza N. (Mrs. Rav) 

Ryder, Adella F. 

Scolley, Mrs. Thomas J. - 

Scott, Lizzie. 

Schwarr, Lena F. 

Schwarr, Charles F. M. 

Scolley, Leonora Edna 

Shackford, George H. 

Shackford, Hannah E. 

Shackford, Rutha E. 

Silck, Frederick H. 

Simpson, Nellie M. 

Skillings, Eliza (Mrs. Chas. Rogers.) 

Slade, William F. 

Smith, Fidelia. 

Smith, Marcia L. 

Smith, Mary Jennie. - 

Smith, Anna (Mrs. R 



426 Meridian st. 
430 Meridian st. 



2 Marion st. 
27 Princeton st. 

102 Everett st. 
311 Chelsea st. 



Byron st. 

Foxboro, Mass. 

247 Lexington st. 

Saratoga st. 
141 Lexington st. 

9 Prescott st. 

141 Lexington st. 
- Reading, Mass. 



Waltham. 

200 Bennington st. 

619 Bennington st. 

244 Lexington st. 



R. Smith), 
704 
Smith, Louisa. 

Smith, Daisy M. (Mrs. At wood). 
Smith, Robert R. - 704 

Smith, Mrs. Flora 
Smith, Emma. 
Smith, Minnie Irene - 
Spaulding, Ebenezer F. 
Spaulding, Ada H. 
Stark, Joseph T. 
Stark, Jane 
Stanley, Wm. H. 
Stevens, Silas M. 
Stewart, George. 
Stinson, Mary S. 
Stone, Lewis G. 
Stowers, Nellie H. 
Stubbs, Eugenie (Mrs. Langell.) 



Sumner st. 
Grand av., St. Paul, Minn. 



9 Holton St., W. Medford. 

Grand av,, St. Paul, Minn. 

1 Princeton st. 

Sagamore av. , Chelsea. 



357 Chelsea st. 

50 Chelsea st. 
436 Meridian st. 

233 Princeton st. 

316 Frankfort st. 
- Winthrop. 



220 



PRESENT MEMBERSHIP. 



1266 


Stubbs, Mattie (Mrs. McMillen.) 


Winthrop. 


1176 


Sturtevant, Ada Louisa (Mrs. Francis Todd,) 






145 Townsend st,, Roxbury. 


423 


Sturtevant, Eveline E. 


39 Monmouth st. 


866 


Swain, Eunice A. 


- 32 Gardner st., Allston. 


865 


Swain, Edward F. 


_ " " 


1378 


Tait, Elisabeth 


313 Saratoga st. 


1311 


Tanner, Harriet 


259 Border st. 


1310J 


/gTarbox, Amelia - 


South Braintree. 


1336 


Tarbox, Charles S. 


(( a 


889 


Tasker, Sarah L. 


- 80 Trenton st. 


1325 


Taylor, Nellie M. (Mrs. Roach,) 


Wallace st.. Orient Heights. 


1171 


Tenney, Sarah F. 


76 White st. 


1385 


Thompson, Grace E. 


246 Saratoga st. 


669 


Townsend, Lizzie S. 




668 


Townsend, Tim. W. 




723 


Townsend, Elizabeth A. (Mrs. Geo. 


E. James) 157 Princeton st. 


796 


Townsend, Cyrus B. 


Newtonville. 


596 


Tutlow, Hannah C. 




1293 


Twiss, Mrs. E. L. 




1009 


Tyrer, John H. 


197 Trenton st. 


430 


Tyrer, Dorothy J.- 


- " " 


519 


Tyrrell, Elvira 0. 




560 


Underwood, Lyman W. 


27 Princeton st. 


561 


Underwood, Susan E. - 


_ " *' 


994 


Yarney, Geo. H. 


217 Trenton st. 


821 


Walker, Lydia F. 




999 


Walker, Jane. 




1000 


Walker, Maggie J. (Mrs. Tuck.) 


25 Liverpool st. 


1391 


Waye, Harriet A. 




1014 


Webster, Abby Jane 




754 


Weeks, Clara (Mrs. C. E. Whittemore), 256 E. Eagle st. 


247 


Wentworth, Marcia A. 


267 Lexington st. 


286 


Wentworth, Sarah F. (Mrs. Bacon) 




568 


Wentworth, Hester P. - 


- 267 Lexington st. 


684 


Wentworth, Arietta (Mrs. Auld) 


236 Princeton st. 


884 


Wentworth, Ella F. 


- 267 Lexington st. 


687 


West, Charles A. 




1251 


Werner, Maria A. - - 


Chaucer st. 


1438 


Wescott, Jennie 


226 Bennington st. 


625 


Weston, Harriet Thatcher. 




1259 


Whilton, Frances J. - 


353 Washington st. 


1260 


Whilton, Fannie 


(( u 


1329 


Whilton, Frank W. 


(( (( 


1316 


Whiteford, Thomas 


Winthrop. 


1317 


Whiteford, Jessie 


u 


1328 


Whiteford, Alexander 


_ _ il 


1394 


Whiteford, William W. - 


ii 


1442 


White, Robert 


231 Saratoga st. 


729 


Whitcomb, Mrs. Lutheria B. 


- 390 Meridian st. 


1246 


Wiley, Clarence W. - 


140 Lexington st. 


1252 


Wilkins, Mabel Fredlina 


- 151 Trenton st. 


1292 


Wilkins, Lillian S. - 


" " 


95 


Williams, Rachel S. (Mrs. Synett.) 


Brooks St. 


822 


Williams, Mary A. 





PRESENT MEMBERSHIP. 221 

823 Williams, Mary I. 

940 Williams,* Frances. 

963 Willoughby, Mary E. 

509 Winter, Celia O. 

677 Wood, John S. 

1383 Wooley, Minnie Grertrude - - Meridian st. 

1115 Young, Estella (Mrs. Dockham) - - Beachmont. 

411 Zehna, Hannah. 



Mi of Jfmales abmitttb inikr Ulaikit l^ames 



AND AFTERWARD MARRIED. 



881 


Adams, Emma M. 


Mrs. Brown. 


984 


Adams, Elvira 


Mrs. G. H. Atwood. 


1032 


Allen, Mrs. Annie H. 


Mrs. Hitchcock, 


782 


Auld, Lucy J. 


Mrs. Johnson. 


783 


Auld, Lydia P. 


Mrs. Woodworth. 


21 


Atherton, Mary 


Mrs. Kendall. 


858 


Bailey, Hannah C. 


Mrs. Walker. 


880 


Bailey, Minnie F. 


Mrs. Clarence Bragdon. 


811 


Barnes, Abby 


Mrs. Abby W. Pierce. 


1073 


Baker, Mary T. 


Mrs. Geo. H. Witt. 


630 


Balge, Louise 


Mrs. Miller. 


1001 


Bates, Priscilla 


Mrs. John W. Field. 


1140 


Bates, Hattie C. 


Mrs. Wm. Dawes. 


820 


Bell, Kate E. 


Mrs. S. Swett. 


1015 


Bell, Lizzie Gray 


Mrs. Frank Bolster. 


1141 


Bent, Hattie M. 


Mrs. Geo. Eliot. 


288 


Bilby, Isabella A. 


Mrs. Lowell Cook. 


652 


Bingham, Laura E. 


Mrs. J. Clark Read. 


875 


Bingham, Mary K. 


Mrs. Wilson. 


606 


Bird, Sarah S. 


Mrs. Pierce. 


910 


Boyd, Sarah M. 


Mrs. Camp. 


686 


Bingham, Jane E. 


Mrs. C. F. Abbott. 


660 


Bowker, Sarah F. 


Mrs. Sidney N. Moon. 


379 


Bragdon, Mary E. 


Mrs. Paul Bailey, Jr. 


1193 


Brackett, Belle A. 


Mrs. Wm. H. Ensworth. 


166 


Brown, Harriet 


Mrs. Weston Gray. 


287 


Brown, Mary T. 


Mrs. S. W. Levering. 


508 


Brown, Mary A. 


Mrs. Carr. 


308 


Brown, Jedidah 


Mrs. Wood. 


311 


Brooks, Lucy 


Mrs. Pliilander Nutter. 


577 


Burg, Mary E. 


Mrs. John A. McField. 


290 


Burg, Roxana 


Mrs. Leighton. 


378 


Burgess, Mary J. 


Mrs. Thuesby. 


314 


Burgess, Elisabeth B. 


Mrs. Joshua Clark. 


895 


Butler, Mary J. 


Mrs. Newcomb. 


402 


Carver, Susan C. 


Mrs. Allyn C. Litchfield. 


758 


Carver, Sarah T. 


Mrs. Edgar E. Willey. 


882 


Carver, Florence 


Mrs. W. S. O'Brien. 


593 


Cavana, Henrietta M. 


Mrs. A. K. Adams. 


531 


Chadbourne, Hannah R. 


Mrs. Joshua Clark. 


65 


Cheever, Caroline E. 


Mrs. Henry T. Butler. 


976 


Chisholm, Flora 


Mrs. Geo. Holt. 


407 


Clark, Mary A. 


Mrs. Davis. 


1376 


Clark, Olivia F. 


Mrs. H. Middlehurst. 


527 


Clark, Abby L. 


Mrs. Whittemore. 



FEMALES ADMITTED UNDER MAIDEN NAME. 



223 



33 Clifford, Susan Mrs. 

162 Coffin, Mary A. L. Mrs. 

389 Cottle, Philamelia T. Mrs. 

479 Conant, Mary F. Mrs. 

329 Converse, Melvina A. Mrs. 

886 Cook, Mary F. F. Mrs. 

Cook, Sarah Ann Mrs. 

Cox, Catharine E. H. Mrs. 

Cummings, Martha A. Mrs. 

Curtis, Almira B. Mrs. 

Curtis, Louisa Mrs. 

Crocker, Clara S. Mrs. 

Crosby, Mary F. Mrs. 

Danforth, Aurelia J. Mrs. 

Davis, Annie Meade Mrs. 

Decker, Mary Mrs. 

Delano, Mary F. Mrs. 

Denham, Elizabeth T. Mrs. 

Dennis, Julia M. Mrs. 

Dickson, Alice M. Mrs. 

Ditson, Estelle Mrs. 

Dodge, Eveline C. Mrs. 

Drown, Elizabeth R. Mrs. 

Emerson, Eliza Mrs. 

Ensworth, Adeline Mrs. 

Essen, Elizabeth Mrs. 

Farrar, IS'aomi Mrs. 

Fitch, Amelia Mrs. 

Flynn, Edna Mrs. 

Foster, Maryline Mrs. 

Foster, Caroline L. Mrs. 

Foster, Sarah Mrs. 

Fowler, Elisabeth C. Mrs. 

Fredson, Caroline Mrs. 

Gilbert, Jane E. Mrs. 

Giles, Jennie Mrs. 

Gregory, Lizzie M. Mrs. 

Googins, Lydia E. Mrs. 

Goodhue, Mary C. Mrs. 

Goodwin, Carrie E. Mrs. 

10253^Hahn, Stella Mrs. 

583 Haskell, Eliza L. Mrs. 

Hall, Elizabeth L. • Mrs. 

Hall, Lydia E. Mrs. 

Hall, Marcia I. Mrs. 

Hegan, Isabella Mrs. 

Hight, Jane M. Mrs. 

Hill, Mrs. Mary Mrs. 

Huse, Mary E. Mrs. 

Ingalls, Lizzie P. Mrs. 

9643^Ingraham, Nellie Mrs. 

134 Jones, Mary Mrs. 

926 Kaler, Mary E. Mrs. 

1074 King, Marion E. Mrs. 

7 Lamson, Sarah Mrs. 



688 
564 
530 
383 
484 
809 
330 
486 

1027 

1153 
191 
872 
334 

1113 
293 

1357 

1172 
141 

1044 
467 

1011 
562 
722 
224 
200 
120 
175 
700 
374 
788 
857 
453 
807 

1232 



294 
295 
385 
289 
459 
1217 
883 
898 



Chase. 

Marsh. 

Milford J. Cole. 

Richmond. 

Garvin. 

Ryder. 

Bennett. 

James Cox. 

Clark. 

Geo. W. Merritt. 

D. Y. Kendall. 
Gruber. 
Soule. 

Hall. 

Edwin Gray. 

Moore. 

Samuel W. Hill. 

Conant. 

James D. Dickson. 

G. W. Watson. 

F. C. Kendall. 

N E. Smith. 

E. M. McPherson. 
Webber. 
Goudge. 

Fuller. Mrs. Dillingham. 

Greenwood. 

Randall. 

Read. 

Palmer. 

Taft. 

Enoch Hamilton. 

Shick. 

McCobb. 

Nelson Curtis. 

Reynolds. 

O. W. Diniick. 

Doughty. 

C. B. Townsend. 

Geo. H. Walsh. 

Bennett. 

Marsh. 

Abbott. 

E. Staniford. 

Emery. 

Blair. 

Phinney. 

Messieur. 

Brandon. 

Pitts. 

Stratton . 

John Duncan. 

Phinney. 

J. H. Parker. 

A. Bowker. 



224 



FEMALES ADMITTED UNDER MAIDEN NAME. 



418 


Lawrence, Anna M. 


Mrs. L. F. Busiel. 


458 


Lawrence, Julia A. 


Mrs. Otis C. Howe. 


457 


Lewis, Adeline F. 


Mrs. Cochran. 


320 


Lincoln, Kate 


Mrs. E. K. Sparrell. 


720 


Littlefield, Charlotte E. 


Mrs. Jas. Kenniston. 


1020 


Locke, Carrie 


Mrs. Rev. E. L. Bradford. 


856 


Lothrop, Sarah F. 


Mrs. Geo. I. Colesworthy. 


1275 


Lothrop, Jennie C. 


Mrs. C. A. Walker. 


189 


Lovejoy, Mary B. 


Mrs. Snow. 


310 


Lovejoy, Harriet A. 


Mrs. S. Hall. 


893 


Lovejoy, Margaret E. 


Mrs. Samuel R. Bingham. 


1174 


Lovejoy, Sarah Emma 


Mrs. Chas. R. Ensworth. 


1181 


Low, Alice A. 


Mrs. C. E. Low. 


59 


Luke, Clarissa E. 


Mrs. Gurlow. 


878 


Lunt, Mary S, 


Mrs. Anderson. 


1169 


McMichael, Minnie 


Mrs. Elmer H. Allen. 


868 


Meader, Judith P. 


Mrs. Frank E. Dimick. 


186 


Merrill, Juliette J. 


Mrs. Edwin R. Pierce. 


129 


Merrill, Flora G. 


Mrs. Gilbert E. Pierce. 


789 


Miller, Augusta H. 


Mrs. Wolff. 


967 


Miller, Emma J. 


Mrs. Brown. 


422 


Mitchell, Huldah H. 


Mrs. A. C. Converse. 


542 


Mooney, Margaret 


Mrs. Phillipson. 


85 


Morse, Serada 


Mrs. Graves. 


455 


Morrill, Helen M. 


Mrs. W. H. Flint. 


1189 


Morrison, Mrs. John 


Mrs. Chandler. 


747 


Murphy, Agnes 


Mrs. Stone. 


746 


Murphy, Grace 


Mrs. Wood. 


629 


Murphy, Margaret J. 


Mrs. Smith. 


1031 


Mies, Emma J. 


Mrs. Hegner. 


190 


Noyes, Mary C. 


Mrs. Leander L. Oliver. 


1125KNute, Mary A. 


Mrs. Rawson. 


109 


Osborn, Lucy C. 


j Mrs. J. H. Tomlinson. 
\ Mrs. J. B. Leach. 


948 


Page, Ida 


Mrs. Starks. 


17 


Parsons, Rebecca 


Mrs. Land. 


612 


Pearson, Mary J. 


Mrs. Howes. 


537 


Pearson, Carrie 


Mrs. A. J. Bodge. 


1042 


Phillipson, Carrie 


Mrs. Frank Clapp. 


532 


Perrigo, Georgianna 


Mrs. Dan'l G. Hall. 


697 


Pickett, Emma F. 


Mrs. R. D. Mason. 


874 


Pickett, Alice E. 


Mrs. Harry Converse. 


643 


Pigeon, Sarah E. 


Mrs. Delano. 


349 


Plumley, Mary F. 


Mrs. Hill. 


22 


Pond, Rachel 


Mrs. Cheever. 


633 


Powers, Annie E. 


Mrs. Benner. 


1066 


Preble, Florence Edith 


Mrs. Grant. 


229 


Rairdon, Susan 


Mrs. Chase. 


681 


Read, Georgianna 


Mrs. J. S. White, Jr. 


682 


Read, Emma F. 


Mrs. W. H. Nash. 


1208 


Restall, Alice 


Mrs. Reddish. 


307 


Ring, Eveline C. 


Mrs. G. E. James. 


787 


Ring, Lucy E. 


Mrs. Tewkesbury. 


1000>^Rutherford, Mary J. 


Mrs. O'Brien. 


759 


Ryder, Eliza N. 


Mrs. Ray. 



FEMALES ADMITTED UNDER MAIDEN NAME. 



226 



524 


Saunders, Charlotte A. 


Mrs. Parker. 


226 


Seaman, Clara 


Mrs. Thuxon. 


1084 


Siebert, Kate 


Mrs. Helmboldt. 


502 


Skillings, Eliza 


Mrs. Charles Rogers. 


335 


Small, Mary H. 


Mrs. E. K. Sparrell. 


461 


Small, Ruth D. 


Mrs. McCollom. 


456 


Smith, Elizabeth 


Mrs. Stone. 


631 


Smith, Ann M. 


Mrs. Frank Wood. 


1068 


Smith, Daisy M. 


Mrs. Atwood. 


1079 


Smith, Myrtle E. 


Mrs. Wm. Burroughs. 


466 


Sprague, Fannie G. 


Mrs. S. Small. 


1265 


Stubbs, Eugene 


Mrs. Langell. 


1266 


Stubbs, Mattie 


Mrs. McMillan. 


642 


Stone, Elizabeth S. 


Mrs. Xason. 


745 


Story, Elizabeth M. 


Mrs. Perkins. 


382 


Sturtevant, Emily C. 


Mrs. E. M. McPherson 


1176 


Sturtevant, Mrs. Ada Louisa 


Mrs. Francis Todd. 


281 


Taylor, Abby P. 


Mrs. E. C. Crane. 


264 


Taylor, Melinda 


Mrs. Caleb H. Smith. 


1325 


Taylor, Xellie M. 


Mrs. Roach. 


567 


Thompson, Elizabeth S. 


Mrs. Anderson. 


648 


Thompson, Sarah S. 


Mrs. Geo. T. Hall. 


810 


Thompson, Georgie M. 


Mrs. Robinson. 


305 


Tomlinson, Susan E. 


Mrs. Bond. 


723 


Townsend, Elisabeth A. 


Mrs. Geo. E. James. 


595 


Varney, Sarah B. 


Mrs. Cushman. 


581 


Ward, Emily 


Mrs. Hyde. 


1000 


Walker, Mary Jane 


Mrs. Tuck. 


656 


Webb, Martha E. 


Mrs. S. N. Stockwell. 


754 


Weeks, Clara 


Mrs. C. E. Whittemore 


684 


Wentworth, Arietta 


Mrs. A. S. Auld. 


246 


Wentworth, Emily J. 


Mrs, Stone. 


286 


Wentworth, Sarah F. 


Mrs. Bacon. 


153 


White, Adeline A. 


Mrs. Burrill. 


1085 


Wiegand, Carrie 


Mrs. Merritt. 


1086 


Wiegand, Anna 


Mrs. Stalker. 


95 


Williams, Rachel S. 


Mrs. Synett. 


94 


Williams, Sarah K. 


Mrs. Smith. 


369 


Wood, Sarah D. 


Mrs. Henry Dunlap. 


206 


Wood, Elisabeth A. 


Mrs. Parker. 


1115 


Young, Estelle 


Mrs. Dockham. 



QUESTIONS FOR SELF-EXflMINflTION. 

FROM CHURCH MANUAL OF 1844. 



The following questions are affectionately recommended to the prayerful and 
frequent perusal of each member of this church. 

1. Are you in the practice of daily secret prayer ? 

2. Are you in the practice of daily family prayer ? 

3. Do you pray every day that God would bless his truth to the conviction 
and conversion of sinners? 

4. Do you sincerely desire and pray for the salvation of the children and 
youth committed to your care ? 

5. Do you feel a readiness to forgive and pray for your enemies ? 

6. Do you pray daily for the pastor and officers of this church ? 

7. Do you do something every day to bring sinners to repentance ? And are 
you in the daily practice of intercessory prayer for individuals of your acquain. 
tance who are unconverted ? 

8. Do you daily, with a prayerful desire to improve in Christian knowledge, 
read the word of God ? And do you understand and prize its doctrines and ordi- 
nances? 

9. Do you keep the Sabbath holy ? At what hour do you rise on its holy 
morning? How much of its time do you devote to business, worldly conversa- 
tion, and dress ? How much to your soul ? 

10. Do you make it a matter of conscience to attend, when not providentially 
prevented, all the meetings of the church for social worship? 

11. Are you connected with the Sabbath School, or the Bible Classes? And 
do you do anything to sustain them, and induce others to attend? 

12. Have you solemnly consecrated all you have, and are, to the Lord? Do 
you esteem it a privilege to deny yourself for Christ's sake? Is it a pleasure, 
rather than a grief, to be asked to contribute to advance his kingdom ? Do you 
do conscientiously all you can, by your fiduciary ability to promote his king- 
dom? 

13. What is the prevailing tenor of your conversation? Is it spiritual or 
worldly ? 

14. With whom do you associate as your intimate friends— -with, the believers 
or the unbelievers in experimental religion— with the prayerful or the prayer- 
less— with the friends of Christ or his enemies ? And of whom do you seek advice 
on questions of duty ? 

15. Are you at peace with all who love Christ ? 

16. Are you as tender of the reputation of a brother as of your own ? Do you 
cultivate a spirit of tenderness towards the failings and imperfections of your 
brethren ? What feelings do you cherish towards Ihe Church ? Do you speak 
just as you should do of its officers, its members, its proceedings, its covenant ob- 
ligations ? Had you rather suffer than needlessly be the occasion of injuring its 
influence and of causing reproach ? 

17. Do you keep your tongue from speaking evil of a brother; and if, in any- 
thing, you are displeased with him, do you follow the gospel rule, and tell him 



QUESTIONS FOB SELF EXAMINATION". 227 

your feelings between him and yourself alone ? Do you watcli over and pray 
for your brethren and sisters, according to your covenant engagements? When 
you are not personally acquainted, do you seek out their acquaintance ? When 
any are sick or afflicted, or in want, do you visit them, and fulfil the apostolic in- 
junction, "Bear ye one another's burdens?" In fine, is all your intercourse 
with your fellow-disciples such that a stranger witnessing it would say, " See 
how these Christians love one another ?" 

18. Is your adoption of the gospel an intelligent one? Have you added to your 
faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, so that you can defend the truth and put 
to silence ungodly men, meekly instructing those that oppose themselves ? 

19. Do you make it a matter of conscience never to visit any place of amuse- 
ment, or social pleasure, on which you cannot first ask the divine blessing, or 
where it may be deemed intrusive to introduce the subject of religion ? 

20. Do you love God above everything else ? Do you love his holy law ? Do 
you hate sin, because it is enmity to God? Do you feel that God would be just 
in your eternal condemnation? Do you submit, unconditionally, to the govern- 
ment of God ? Do you rely upon and confide in Jesus Christ alone for salvation ? 
Do you give yourself away in the covenant of grace, as belonging entirely to 
God? 

21. Have you examined your habits, and become sure that you do not retain 
any that are wrong ? Have you searched out and subdued every evil propen- 
sity ? Do you understand and fully appreciate all the responsibilities that rest 
upon you, in relation to a lost world? Have you settled the question, whether 
it be not your duty to go as a missionary among the heathen ? Do you cherish 
and cultivate all the Christian graces, in due proportion ? 

22. Is your life such, in all respects, as to convince the world that you are a 
holy man ? Does your hatred of your own sins daily increase ? Does your de- 
light in the duty of secret, social, and public worship, increase? Do your 
meditations of heaven become more sweet, refreshing, and constant ? 

23. Have you as clear views of the infinite purity of the divine law as you 
ought to have ? Have you as clear and full a knowledge of all the obligations 
under which you are placed by divine grace, as you ought to have ? Do you con- 
tinually exercise all the fortitude, zeal, patience, self-denial, brotherly kindness, 
love to enemies, confidence in God, perseverance, temperance, and every other 
Christian virtue, in all circumstances, which you ought to exercise? Do you 
love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself? Do you, every 
day, do all for the glory of God and the good of man which you ought to do ? 

Will you read these questions at least once every week, and pray God to search 
your heart in respect to the several pomts of experience and duty suggested by 
them ? 



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